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I sleep with the leftovers of our dismemberment My rib cage strewn across the covers like an elephant graveyard   where a love once lived. I wake up to the shivering clatter of each lonely bone. I dropped all my **** this morning. My cover up fell to the floor and shattered. I stared at the broken pieces. I dropped my pen my lighter my defenses These shaky hands can't hold on to anything, So then why is it my heart still can?
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Feb 17, 2015
Feb 17, 2015 at 10:42 AM UTC
When The Elephants Arrive
I sleep with the leftovers of our dismemberment My rib cage strewn across the covers like an elephant graveyard   where a love once lived. I wake up to the shivering clatter of each lonely bone. I dropped all my **** this morning. My cover up fell to the floor and shattered. I stared at the broken pieces. I dropped my pen my lighter my defenses These shaky hands can't hold on to anything, So then why is it my heart still can?
ashley-garreau
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Feb 17, 2015
Feb 17, 2015 at 10:42 AM UTC
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