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Shame of the selfie
Selfies,
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I can smell the desperation,
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from here.
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odors of worry;
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rippling anxities of uncert
@daniel-allinson
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Hintay
I reach out, begging,
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waiting as I hold my breath,
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hoping for the waves to return,
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to stretch
@poshishi
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33rd selfishness
It's my 33rd birthday today
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and I have so many people in my life
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cheering for me
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caring for me
@bernhard-tischler
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I get a little jealous.
I know we've never been "together."
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I know you said to move on.
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I tried to be fine with wading t
@littlestarwishes
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Selfishness and Settling
Late last night I had an epiphany. It could have been the cereal or the Siberia-like weather talking
@allyson-walsh
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Staccato Rose Polaroids
Scattered across my bedroom floor,
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glimmers of light staccato on wilted rose pedals
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Memories of
@Nichetalgia
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Grow Up
Selfishness is the most indicative sign of immaturity.
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Like the way my little sister
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couldn't be
@oniongirl
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I Just Want to Swim
She had that
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octopus smile,
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always reaching for
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something.
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I was her small
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fish; her handm
@thomas-w-case
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bittersweet...
As we all have someone in our lifes we love or hate... vengeance is bittersweet. Id love to go bust
@blackhat13
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The ocean’s dying
Trapped in the glass
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Food for your tray
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I am the water that filled your thirsty soul
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You're ju
@pax
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The Pleasure's in Self-Sacrifice
You've seen a mother
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Nursing a child,
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Giving freely
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Of herself.
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So altruistic,
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She finds m
@francie-lynch
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Narcotic Charm
Headstrong, yet bitten by the snake of *narcotic charm*...
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As the venom flows, your *dreams* slowl
@kidcalvoaolcom
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Alena- My bad!
Forgiveness, to forgive (for me)
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Is essentially subtle- to a fault,
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Beautifully it's practiced,
@Hardwire
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he smiled
and while a tear snuck down his face like a falling star in my peripheral view,
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he choked out,
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"
@screamingmime
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Misanthropic Observations from Behind a Walmart Cash Register
1– Most people try to avoid eye contact at all costs.
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2– Most people either do not say "thank you"
@victor-thorn
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Out of Love
As a young man in love,
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I was selfish.
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I walked with you,
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I shared food,
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I slept with you, /
@francie-lynch
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selfishness
perhaps our cause is selfishness, but in the most honest way
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we say it
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we do
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our thoughts are
@anniec
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August's Waining, Friday's Dawn
You see me
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You free me
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And every time
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you take me back-
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"A hint of light in the dark (I alwa
@Hardwire
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The Day the Kiss Died
What was known yet unseen
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was a king and a dying queen
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holding their last kiss good bye
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That d
@MyDearPoet
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Random Thoughts
*Falling in love, a pain
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Wanting to love, a pain
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Being in love, a pain
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So I run.
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Loving an o
@its-crimson
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untruths
All edge and divides
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Frightening truths, severed lies
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You don’t walk through a crowd
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For fear
@mitakiharashi
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