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Your heartbreak is as cozy As the fishbowl I still get dizzy in After you took me off the back burner And placed me on the counter to cool I have to remind myself that It is not an earthquake when you Slam the kitchen cabinets Even though My world shakes The thing about fish is If you don’t put a lid on their bowls They tend to jump out Not that it is an attempt at suicide Just that some of us were born Without the capacity to understand Our own limitations Don’t tell me I can’t breathe on dry land ********* I am a man Which means I am too dumb to understand that Unless I try How am I supposed to know That I can’t protect you from everything Unless I try How am I supposed to know That I can’t love you forever Unless I try How am I supposed to know That duct tape can’t hold everything together Unless I try How was I supposed to know That we would eventually be Nothing but gasps of air On a damp cutting board When the lashings of love Have denatured the thickest parts of our skin Maybe I don’t know how to fix everything Or love you like a normal person Maybe saying every thought I have out loud Makes you uncomfortable It makes me uncomfortable My face isn’t always this red My skin isn’t always this hot I am not always this dumb But I am a man ********* And maybe I just Haven’t learned that yet
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Nov 24, 2011
Nov 24, 2011 at 4:33 AM UTC
I am a Man *********
Your heartbreak is as cozy As the fishbowl I still get dizzy in After you took me off the back burner And placed me on the counter to cool I have to remind myself that It is not an earthquake when you Slam the kitchen cabinets Even though My world shakes The thing about fish is If you don’t put a lid on their bowls They tend to jump out Not that it is an attempt at suicide Just that some of us were born Without the capacity to understand Our own limitations Don’t tell me I can’t breathe on dry land ********* I am a man Which means I am too dumb to understand that Unless I try How am I supposed to know That I can’t protect you from everything Unless I try How am I supposed to know That I can’t love you forever Unless I try How am I supposed to know That duct tape can’t hold everything together Unless I try How was I supposed to know That we would eventually be Nothing but gasps of air On a damp cutting board When the lashings of love Have denatured the thickest parts of our skin Maybe I don’t know how to fix everything Or love you like a normal person Maybe saying every thought I have out loud Makes you uncomfortable It makes me uncomfortable My face isn’t always this red My skin isn’t always this hot I am not always this dumb But I am a man ********* And maybe I just Haven’t learned that yet
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Nov 24, 2011
Nov 24, 2011 at 4:33 AM UTC
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