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being a discarded paper bag in a sunbleached ditch roadside moment, i rode past on the stifled cycled exhaust fumes of the intercity from oamaru back home: second home, fifth home; how many times have i left home, now? being a stinging sensation in the back of the throat of some lost child (me), some lost ****** human (obviously me), this is the only thing i'll ever regret being a {oh, i am just a} thought process cycling, stifled, thinking, through ultraviolet-polarised perspex there, with you with him, and he's making you smile, and my head hurts just a little more and i fall a little further down, like apples drop from trees, like lies drop from your insides, and i mutter something stupid and true, like: "i'll get over it this time" and stay still *stay still*, i will get over it this time, just i, yours {never} truly. so, do you get that feeling like you're losing something, (because i don't need you) like you're caught mid-fading, (because i don't want you) but you can't figure out why? i hope you feel it in your smile tonight, darling.
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Aug 29, 2013
Aug 29, 2013 at 7:33 AM UTC
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being a discarded paper bag in a sunbleached ditch roadside moment, i rode past on the stifled cycled exhaust fumes of the intercity from oamaru back home: second home, fifth home; how many times have i left home, now? being a stinging sensation in the back of the throat of some lost child (me), some lost ****** human (obviously me), this is the only thing i'll ever regret being a {oh, i am just a} thought process cycling, stifled, thinking, through ultraviolet-polarised perspex there, with you with him, and he's making you smile, and my head hurts just a little more and i fall a little further down, like apples drop from trees, like lies drop from your insides, and i mutter something stupid and true, like: "i'll get over it this time" and stay still *stay still*, i will get over it this time, just i, yours {never} truly. so, do you get that feeling like you're losing something, (because i don't need you) like you're caught mid-fading, (because i don't want you) but you can't figure out why? i hope you feel it in your smile tonight, darling.
tom-mccone
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Aug 29, 2013
Aug 29, 2013 at 7:33 AM UTC
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