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Jan 2013
I hate the sound of her name on your lips.

It is sandpaper to my skin
It is weary and bloodshot eyes
It is water clogging my ears
It is the weight I bear on my back

It is the lump in my throat of your name - of which I can no longer say.
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   Justin Bowers
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