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Ten minutes late One foot in the door No one notices the new addition to the party Twentyish people Three rooms There is little space to hide Twelve gallons of soda Six bags of chips The fuel is never ending Two hands holding Two bodies touching The most recent arrival awkwardly observes Four hours later Two sodas downed The intimacy still increases One step forward Two steps back He drifts toward the door Twenty minuets pass Fifteen miles driven The boy sits at his computer and composes his regrets Seven stanzas written One memory burning away He still doesn't know how if he should sat down, put his arm around someone's shoulder and talked the night away About a week later He forgets how to hold someone's hand
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Oct 22, 2015
Oct 22, 2015 at 3:54 PM UTC
Two Steps Back
Ten minutes late One foot in the door No one notices the new addition to the party Twentyish people Three rooms There is little space to hide Twelve gallons of soda Six bags of chips The fuel is never ending Two hands holding Two bodies touching The most recent arrival awkwardly observes Four hours later Two sodas downed The intimacy still increases One step forward Two steps back He drifts toward the door Twenty minuets pass Fifteen miles driven The boy sits at his computer and composes his regrets Seven stanzas written One memory burning away He still doesn't know how if he should sat down, put his arm around someone's shoulder and talked the night away About a week later He forgets how to hold someone's hand
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Oct 22, 2015
Oct 22, 2015 at 3:54 PM UTC
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