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Inhale, Exhale, Repeat. Close your bright eyes, they say too much. Don’t speak, you can’t change anything. Inhale, Exhale, Repeat. As if you are sleeping. Stretch your body as far as you can. Make it bigger, longer, like you have spent your life in a smaller man’s coffin. Be still. Don’t blink, don’t part your trembling lips, don’t move your toe three quarters of an inch. Be still. Scream. LOUDER. Softer. Scream as high as you can. Louder. You have to scream to save your life. SCREAM. Stop. Don’t Speak. You can’t change anything. Look into your eyes in the mirror. Keep looking, you can’t back down. Don’t blink, keep looking. Keep looking. Blink. Blink again. More. Faster. Blink until you can’t see anything anymore until you are blind Stop. Clench your fists. Grit your teeth. Flex your muscles. Your arms, your legs, your toes. Make your body tight. Tight. Tight. Release. Melt. Collapse. Be liquid. Don’t speak, you can’t change anything.
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Dec 1, 2014
Dec 1, 2014 at 11:37 PM UTC
For When Your Tears Feel Hot
Inhale, Exhale, Repeat. Close your bright eyes, they say too much. Don’t speak, you can’t change anything. Inhale, Exhale, Repeat. As if you are sleeping. Stretch your body as far as you can. Make it bigger, longer, like you have spent your life in a smaller man’s coffin. Be still. Don’t blink, don’t part your trembling lips, don’t move your toe three quarters of an inch. Be still. Scream. LOUDER. Softer. Scream as high as you can. Louder. You have to scream to save your life. SCREAM. Stop. Don’t Speak. You can’t change anything. Look into your eyes in the mirror. Keep looking, you can’t back down. Don’t blink, keep looking. Keep looking. Blink. Blink again. More. Faster. Blink until you can’t see anything anymore until you are blind Stop. Clench your fists. Grit your teeth. Flex your muscles. Your arms, your legs, your toes. Make your body tight. Tight. Tight. Release. Melt. Collapse. Be liquid. Don’t speak, you can’t change anything.
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Dec 1, 2014
Dec 1, 2014 at 11:37 PM UTC
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