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Another and another, stripped flat. The whispering world behind the scenes longing for what they could say of the broken The names openly spoken and swept from mouth to mouth More than gravity unknown It stopped her heart He would’ve answered He plucked the brightest star and drowned it.
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May 22, 2025
May 22, 2025 at 9:35 PM UTC
The crisis
Another and another, stripped flat. The whispering world behind the scenes longing for what they could say of the broken The names openly spoken and swept from mouth to mouth More than gravity unknown It stopped her heart He would’ve answered He plucked the brightest star and drowned it.
Found some of my old black out poetry, I can’t remember what book this is from sadly.
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May 22, 2025
May 22, 2025 at 9:35 PM UTC
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