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After 500 Years of Therapy

My X kicked me back here, to my home town

I thought it was his greatest revenge

Every crack in the sidewalk was a painful reminder

of the years of silent suffering with a smile pasted across it

I call growing up and

as I'd the therapy habit now, begun in LA and

reinforced and practiced in New York in the Therapist infested Island of

Manhattan

I got one here, and strange things started happening and

the sand of the filthy beaches started to sing to me and

my old high school looked like a pleasant nursery

and I started to groove here again,

feel strong here again like I'd never had

and I learned to love

my home town

after 500 years of therapy

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May 24, 2013
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