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Skinny

Tough guys act themselves as such

Just a rough spot - Insecure with blush

just a cover up

Skinny guys like me

don't pretend

can't even begin to think how such a thing would be

acceptable

Skinny guys like me

wear the heart on the outside sleeve

all pricked with holes and slightly bleeding.

 

Maybe that makes me tougher than I thought

and my silence is to show that I haven't forgotten

who I am.

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Written by
nicholas-james-berlincourt
American
Published
Nov 27, 2011
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