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i've made a terrible mistake.

i don't think i love you right,

and maybe i don't even love you at all.

because there's something in you so sick

and all-consuming that there's no room for anything else.

you are an all-seasons grinch,

ready with a bitter wit and a heart three sizes too small.

and that's supposed to be funny and timely

because in three hours it will be christmas

(and all i want for christmas is never having had you)

but it falls so flatly from my fingertips onto these keys.

and i don't even know what season it was when

you kissed me but i remember it didn't matter

and if i could do it again, i'd kiss you back.

but i don't love you and you sure as hell

don't love me and i can live with that

and i will always wonder why?

i've made a terrible mistake with you,

and i will always wonder what it was.

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sarah-wilson
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Dec 12, 2012
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