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Take Twice Daily to Treat Allergy to Truth

You tread around me

like a crack in the sidewalk,

counting my vertebrae for fractures

after each time you toe the line.

I've learned to keep

an epi-pen on hand in case

you slip up and feed me the truth.

You can never be too careful.

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jenna-richardson

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Published: Mar 13, 2013
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