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A Day Late and a Sorry Short

I notice your absence like an open wound,

found stuck to my sheets after a rough

night's sleep.

I don't know how it got there,

and I'm wondering what you smoked that you didn't notice half your heart missing this morning.

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Published: Apr 21, 2016
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Notes: Drugs have taken you far, far away from me
Tags: #addiction #absence #lonliness #heart-break

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