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You've ruined smiles for me Twisted them, beyond definition Curves of lips ***** up my spine Ghosting the air over my arms Like an arctic breeze Whispered air of whispers Which curses the smiles That I follow following me Simpering smiles and snide smiles Curtains over gritted teeth And the false niceties that are The fastest path to achieving what they want Not what they need, they don't need smiles Nobody needs the smiles anymore Don't smile, unless you wish To be mistrusted by the many I cannot smile in the street The price, a sneer or slap So I cast my eyes down to the cobbles And watch the rain wash away The years' and years' worth of salt Don't smile at me, please It makes my throat sting
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May 31, 2018
May 31, 2018 at 4:51 AM UTC
salt in men's smiles // false niceties
You've ruined smiles for me Twisted them, beyond definition Curves of lips ***** up my spine Ghosting the air over my arms Like an arctic breeze Whispered air of whispers Which curses the smiles That I follow following me Simpering smiles and snide smiles Curtains over gritted teeth And the false niceties that are The fastest path to achieving what they want Not what they need, they don't need smiles Nobody needs the smiles anymore Don't smile, unless you wish To be mistrusted by the many I cannot smile in the street The price, a sneer or slap So I cast my eyes down to the cobbles And watch the rain wash away The years' and years' worth of salt Don't smile at me, please It makes my throat sting
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15/F/uck dullness
May 31, 2018
May 31, 2018 at 4:51 AM UTC
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