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There is no known cure for my love
The source of my infatuation
It’s been manifesting in my heart
It’s my very own creation
She simply takes my breath away
She has my adoration
A model template on epic scale
Through sheer determination
Something about a struggle,
relatable and common.
Some profound comparison,
or some kind of simile.

Something very human,
something about overcoming or
about accepting and embracing.
Something about relishing
in negativity,
something about addiction or loss.

Something indictive of heartbreak,
something reminiscent of love.

Something outlandish,
to stand out from the sea of adequacy.
Something something.
Words and
meanings.
Something self-loathing.

Something abstract,
something concrete.

Poetry.
I taught myself to cry without a sound,
Only to have my tears be smelled
By the ******* hound.

I hug strangers as tight as I can offer,
Only to be hugged back even tighter.
And you did just that.
I'm mad as a hatter in Oz
with Dorothy's typewriter
   for infinite time and I will write
   the poetry of Charles Bukowski
   and Yeats and Plath and every small
   poet with nitro in the pen to speak
   of joy and pain and love and hate
   and indifference and weakness and
   courage and never knowing the
   reasons, understanding the human.
   Anonymous we're mist in our lives.
   We all die little deaths forgotten
   in our loved ones' deaths. Good news
   our cruelties will be forgotten too.
You
and I hope that every time
your mouth moves
to make the sound
of the first letter of her name

somewhere

deep down

in the back of your head

you hear my name instead
I hate them for making me hate myself
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