we're friends right? no we are strained acquaintances we are yin yan g with nine colors we are tv static on all night when you're too tired to get up and turn it off we are doodles in the margins of a very importa nt research paper you are lost in everyone forgetting that my middle name is freedom i am putting on metaphorical makeup to mask my emotional blemishes we are sour candy and ginger ale we are obscu re genres of music shoegaze my ****** valentine we are a waterco lor clusterfuck bleeding together like an amateur blood drive read b etween the lines we are biodegradable plastic half covered in the soil untouched for two years we are sunshine and chill bumps I hate you for the same reasons I hate myself we are nostalgia and anxiety we a re insomniacs who only want each other between the hours of 8 pm and 6 am we are avoiding eye contact in the halls