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August feels like a joke Like a text you can't write A call to your mom Like rot in your stomach It's that burning in your throat In the bathroom on your hands and knees Like lighter fluid on your clothes Conversations with your head underwater Like nothings sharp Friends just out of reach Laying right around the corner Like they're playing hide and seek Like they'll come out from their rooms Like you just have to wait Just a little bit longer Like they didn't lose their son, Like they didn't lose their daughter You could pull the wheel and tip Closing your eyes on the highway In silence for the whole ride home Like coming down from a bad trip Like staying up for 48 hours It's planning your escape It's hoping you get hit It feels like crying so hard you laugh Like waiting all night to sleep A timer ticking Like you're a bomb Like catching glimpses in stranger they'll never meet
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Apr 5, 2019
Apr 5, 2019 at 11:12 PM UTC
Grief
August feels like a joke Like a text you can't write A call to your mom Like rot in your stomach It's that burning in your throat In the bathroom on your hands and knees Like lighter fluid on your clothes Conversations with your head underwater Like nothings sharp Friends just out of reach Laying right around the corner Like they're playing hide and seek Like they'll come out from their rooms Like you just have to wait Just a little bit longer Like they didn't lose their son, Like they didn't lose their daughter You could pull the wheel and tip Closing your eyes on the highway In silence for the whole ride home Like coming down from a bad trip Like staying up for 48 hours It's planning your escape It's hoping you get hit It feels like crying so hard you laugh Like waiting all night to sleep A timer ticking Like you're a bomb Like catching glimpses in stranger they'll never meet
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Apr 5, 2019
Apr 5, 2019 at 11:12 PM UTC
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