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There it goes. I tried— thrice— to catch it. Slipped past me like that summer in the rain. Wasted. Desolate. Alone. It went away in tears. They stream down my dusky face, slide down the neck where my shame hides. You see, Mother— I am not blind. I see it too: a mirror to my being, held up in nails. It’s vile. It moves on its own. And yes— I hate me just as much as you do.
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Sep 4, 2025
Sep 4, 2025 at 3:56 PM UTC
There it Goes
There it goes. I tried— thrice— to catch it. Slipped past me like that summer in the rain. Wasted. Desolate. Alone. It went away in tears. They stream down my dusky face, slide down the neck where my shame hides. You see, Mother— I am not blind. I see it too: a mirror to my being, held up in nails. It’s vile. It moves on its own. And yes— I hate me just as much as you do.
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Sep 4, 2025
Sep 4, 2025 at 3:56 PM UTC
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