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secrets, pried from slack fingers unencumbered truths; she told me everything almost, everything drunk it in a distilled spirit she told me everything about her being gone from me when we stood together and slipping away when i turned my head being in the room, i —lines— stole from her everything, spoke questions that turned into truths, she spoke haltingly and choked, i was steady “i do love you.” and i let her pause my breath came as steady streams and my electric buzz under control “i do love you.” i drew her out from under her coverings, limply she said “i do love you.” i smiled like a curve was my mouth tried to control the way my eyes glinted forward, yes that’s control “but i’m not in love with you.” revelled in the perfection of my predilection, yes i suspected as much from the way she turned her eyes and let me falter under doubts “but i’m not in love with you.” i asked a lot of questions slid blades under collar bones and spread her open moved with my heart pounding, soaked in her adrenaline but there are some things i didn’t ask how did she know she was not in love with me how did she know she loved me but didn’t love the curve of my skin and the way i laughed, didn’t fall and fall when i walked in the room, no is that how she knew? “have you been in love before?”, i don’t ask that “are you in love now?”, i don’t ask that and she knew when i didn’t was grateful (still is) she was right, when i look back and see how much she were given and how the balance was so tipped and how inevitable yes i was entirely undeserved
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Dec 12, 2012
Dec 12, 2012 at 11:27 PM UTC
snake is drowned
secrets, pried from slack fingers unencumbered truths; she told me everything almost, everything drunk it in a distilled spirit she told me everything about her being gone from me when we stood together and slipping away when i turned my head being in the room, i —lines— stole from her everything, spoke questions that turned into truths, she spoke haltingly and choked, i was steady “i do love you.” and i let her pause my breath came as steady streams and my electric buzz under control “i do love you.” i drew her out from under her coverings, limply she said “i do love you.” i smiled like a curve was my mouth tried to control the way my eyes glinted forward, yes that’s control “but i’m not in love with you.” revelled in the perfection of my predilection, yes i suspected as much from the way she turned her eyes and let me falter under doubts “but i’m not in love with you.” i asked a lot of questions slid blades under collar bones and spread her open moved with my heart pounding, soaked in her adrenaline but there are some things i didn’t ask how did she know she was not in love with me how did she know she loved me but didn’t love the curve of my skin and the way i laughed, didn’t fall and fall when i walked in the room, no is that how she knew? “have you been in love before?”, i don’t ask that “are you in love now?”, i don’t ask that and she knew when i didn’t was grateful (still is) she was right, when i look back and see how much she were given and how the balance was so tipped and how inevitable yes i was entirely undeserved
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m-corless
Canadian
Dec 12, 2012
Dec 12, 2012 at 11:27 PM UTC
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