in december we break it's traditional learned patterns in history class, there's no nice way to feign affection for some stupid foreign love you do it so well by and by, i'd rather write about you as i ignore your calls, watching you miss me from afar, is a hobby. its traditional. to bleed or to bottle up: i shout too often even though you're gone, i smoke too frequently every lavender vanilla latte sings your name, all your love, the vigor forgotten maybe we'll drown our sins, you'll pick up pieces, but the puzzle is always ******