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Compliments are Quiet

I am numb to the kindness they give me But sensitive to the needles they prick me with: The ones that were supposed to numb all of me up At once.

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Published: Oct 21, 2015
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Tags: #words #kind #prick #mean #rude #compliments #comments #poke #insult #snark

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