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The crisis

by @Paperghosts

Another and another, stripped flat. The whispering world behind the scenes longing for what they could say of the broken The names openly spoken and swept from mouth to mouth More than gravity unknown It stopped her heart He would’ve answered He plucked the brightest star and drowned it.
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35 / F
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Written by
Paperghosts
35 / F
Published
May 22, 2025
Time
1m
Notes

Found some of my old black out poetry, I can’t remember what book this is from sadly.

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