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Feb 2019
Take a picture! It’ll last longer.
No really, come on! Cause while your friends are invested in a feeling of joy masking unrecognizable shallowness
Your focus was on the focus of your shattered iphone 6
But, it’s fine, because if you don’t take a picture it didn’t happen.
Last week, you were right over there,
Passed out on the couch,
And everybody knows it happened.
Because a picture is worth a thousand words
A thousand words you did not speak
A thousand words,
But not one of them sounded like, “No”
A thousand words you’re praying you can white out with a thousand more. So, you’re back at that disgusting house smiling at people who won’t bother to ask your name.
But that’s fine,
Because at least they think you can have a “good time”
Take some candids! No really,
But make sure you know,
Because you would never want them to see that the twinkle in your eye was from the glint off of tears that appeared when the camera was turned.
But as long as you got a good shot.
Too bad that sometimes
The shot of a camera stings worse than that of a gun.
Hannah Zedaker
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