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glenoak

you make me wet
with regret

(star spangled banger
*star strangled stammer)

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oh ?

nervous glances,
kisses of confusion,
and a "Guide to
Drugs in Canada."

I'm not sure
what I'm getting
myself
in
too.

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manclimbed

it doesn't matter
that you used to
walk the night
in search of food
and housing.

it means, "I wish
upon a star" became
a wish upon a bar
stool.

our foolish lisp
never quarantined
itself for fear of
loneliness

the stir stick
of caffeine
insanity

(where was
your princess
when the king
-dumb fell)

"well," He choked,

"she was busy with
the lampshade..

*or a lack thereof"

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tasked

winter creeps
like Rastafarian
dreadlocks

3, 4th, intervals
calmer then an
Ativan pill.

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hazel

she inches moments closer---
mentions, "I don't usually
tell people this." we sit in
our dysfunctional silence,
her leg brushes mine. life
is fine. life is fine.

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self-perspective

the closest
thing I have
to an enemy
is my
ex.

forgiveness is
pain, so I
think
of her
less

day to day
to day
today
I tell her
to move
so I can
clean-up her
mess.

yes, I'm being petty. but I'm sinking into the feeling as it is honest.
I don't like making enemies. I don't like watching lovers become strangers.
I don't like holding grudges- but the only way the grudge will fade
is if I express my anger fully.

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the tips I did not follow

a year and a half ago, I had the wisdom to write these tips for myself to follow in future relationships:

"- Don’t date floozies.

- Don’t date girls who are very good friends with floozies."

stupidity is making the same mistake over and over again, expecting a different outcome.

I guess this makes me stupid.