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Childhood best friend overdoses. Current best friend's dad dies by cancer's ***** hand. Makes a new best friend Gets a boyfriend No, scratch that Gets a guy who wants to be her boyfriend Isn't that what you've always wanted? Goes on her first date Quits smoking Starts smoking In the pretentious town where popular kids are too good to smoke cigarettes. Tells the wannabe boyfriend who is nine years older than her Recovering drug addict Unstable She doesn't do clingy When she begins to cling to a boy Two years younger than she is. Lets the first boy text her constantly Doesn't stop Wants to tell him to stop Won't stop. Hangs out with bums and cheats Or, recovering. Reconnects with a grade school friend Watches her relapse two weeks after returning from rehab It was only alcohol. ****** was her drug of choice Alcohol reigned second in command. ***** her ex As her grandpa lays dying The only words she hears from him are "I love you." Funny how her ex says the same thing They sling "I love you" across their lips Swinging them left and right Like popcorn across a Christmas tree Empty sockets of air Then **** Gone. Everything is Gone. Can't reason with herself To stop. Seems to be the consistent pattern She can't stop.
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Feb 27, 2015
Feb 27, 2015 at 8:59 PM UTC
Senior Year (Part One)
Childhood best friend overdoses. Current best friend's dad dies by cancer's ***** hand. Makes a new best friend Gets a boyfriend No, scratch that Gets a guy who wants to be her boyfriend Isn't that what you've always wanted? Goes on her first date Quits smoking Starts smoking In the pretentious town where popular kids are too good to smoke cigarettes. Tells the wannabe boyfriend who is nine years older than her Recovering drug addict Unstable She doesn't do clingy When she begins to cling to a boy Two years younger than she is. Lets the first boy text her constantly Doesn't stop Wants to tell him to stop Won't stop. Hangs out with bums and cheats Or, recovering. Reconnects with a grade school friend Watches her relapse two weeks after returning from rehab It was only alcohol. ****** was her drug of choice Alcohol reigned second in command. ***** her ex As her grandpa lays dying The only words she hears from him are "I love you." Funny how her ex says the same thing They sling "I love you" across their lips Swinging them left and right Like popcorn across a Christmas tree Empty sockets of air Then **** Gone. Everything is Gone. Can't reason with herself To stop. Seems to be the consistent pattern She can't stop.
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Feb 27, 2015
Feb 27, 2015 at 8:59 PM UTC
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