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THIS END UP (For Claire)

If I never were to see you again

You'd join an ever- growing line of women

Who tell themselves they never heard my name before

 

Women I gave a piece of myself to

A kiss on the forehead and spine

A squeeze of the hand

A look that says "I only feel safe in my own skin, when yours is touching mine."

 

Maybe those looks are the problem

Maybe the kisses are smothering

I might be throwing up red flags to everyone

 

Swap spit with him and he will be upside down in love with you

Swap any other body-fluid and you might have to change your Locks

Phone number

Point of view

But it's not that

I never set out to ruin anyone's day

Or scare them into thinking i'm Patrick Bateman

 

It's just when I share these looks, kisses, fluids

More often than not, even if it was some kind of

Mistake amongst random strangers/lovers

I'm giving a piece of me to have

Marked FRAGILE: THIS END UP

 

Label me transparent and then see right through me

When I find myself giving away chunks of my person

I can't seem to tell where love and blood

Begins

and

Ends.

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craig-dotti
Colombian
Published
Mar 20, 2013
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