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For Jennifer.

Watch you tell

everybody but me.

Watch it be a

rumor that you’re spreading,

one that will

ruin me.

Watch me

cry as you

beat me down,

again,

watch me

cry myself to sleep as a

repetition

of the night

everything went wrong.

 

Watch me slash my

wrists,

legs,

as you go around saying I

don’t.

Watch you say I’m

fake,

when the scars are

RIGHT

THERE.

Watch you say I’m

just fine

when I’m most

obviously not.

Watch you say I’m a

b----;

Wait,

I can’t deny that.

Watch you call me a

w----,

even though I’ve

never had a boyfriend and

you’ve had at least three.

 

Watch you go around pointing out

others’ faults,

while flaunting and

denying your own at the

same time.

Watch you be nice

one moment, then

trash-talk me the other.

Watch you say you’re sorry and

never mean it,

watch you take back

everything you ever said,

just like before.

 

Watch you be the end of me.

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Nov 6, 2011
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