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Sarah Michelle Dec 2016
You have no reason to destroy yourself, girl
This isn't the calm before the storm,
the qualm before everything is torn
It's a wave which hasn't yet
reached the shore
You are more than this
Sarah Michelle Dec 2016
What if I never
Come to terms with
Your
Cockiness?
In another life we
Could be friends
But you prefer
to play poker
Instead of doing
the math
Prefer to play games
Instead of making amends

The story of how
We first met
Goes a little like this;
I was looking forward
To this particular
Class
Until I saw you
Walk in--
I was caught off guard
And on a whim
I refused to push away
The first thought
Which came to my head,
And it was that
Your haircut made me
Want to punch you
In the face.

Love, mostly hate.
Things would be much
Easier
If your brain was
In the right place
It is much too low
For my taste
Stop trying to impress me,
Don't test me
I only have one face

So to thine own self
Be true
And perhaps I'll actually
Like the things you do--
You're quite the hunk
After all
Though you're not
Quite as tall as
I previously thought
You shrank with
Impertinence
The gossip fits you
Like a glove

What are you so afraid of?
Did I scare you
When I said "No"?
Sarah Michelle Dec 2016
She microwaves damp socks
and prances in them
like the sea
tangoing across a
living room of hot lava,
like a child
trotting across a
living room of hot lava
Sarah Michelle Oct 2016
Sweaters may be bad for
lonesome people. Mind you, they don't
make up for a lack of

caresses. They heat the soul;
loose ones make it flirty. But no
cashmere can kiss your neck.
Sarah Michelle Oct 2016
Rusty gold is here,
everywhere, in my hair, in
your mild temperament
Sarah Michelle Oct 2016
Give me your hand, share
with me your soul. I will start
your heart-fire for you
Sarah Michelle Oct 2016
Venice is cyan
in the soft, early morning
The canals look clean
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