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 Feb 12 Jia En
Larry Berger
There is nothing like
a bathroom window
where you can sit comfortably
and watch the snow
piling up on the branches
of the barren trees
in your yard;
I once met the people
who invented thermopane;
thanks, guys! it looks
really cold out there,
I think I’ll bake
some cookies.
 Feb 12 Jia En
Beans
burnt ties
 Feb 12 Jia En
Beans
it has been a month
since we lost ties
so much has happened
so much… surprise!
but sometimes i see you
your lens in my eyes
i see your frame
in a classmate
…shame

i wish when we cut ties
that i could let go of the red string
but you left me that…lingering
on my ring
finger, its
string turned out to be dyed
maybe it was delusion
when it was red and burning
but now that we’ve died
it’s really
just
burnt, no longer burning
what was red is charred
what was love is scarred
that was never love
i’m sure you know
there was never love
because you could go
do me a favour, would you please?
untie this charred string,
which we so teased

but dont take this the wrong way. it was better to have left
 Feb 11 Jia En
RMatheson
My scars
are etched
by tears
like canyons
along my cheeks.
 Feb 10 Jia En
Khoisan
Higgeldy piggeldy snort
the pig ran away with the pork

nothing could stoppit
not even a rocket

and
the bacon
flew over
the fork.
We are prisoners
And these are the end days,
For me, because of my age,
For you, because of a world
That has never broken free
From greed and selfishness.
See you in hell.
 Feb 7 Jia En
izzn
Your Name
 Feb 7 Jia En
izzn
"love" and "left" rhyme the same
 Feb 7 Jia En
Caits
she told me it’s just your brain
protecting itself

because it’s only good when you look back on it
but I can feel the way your fingers felt playing with my hair before tracing freckles in the sunshine

but tucked around the corner
like a child snickering about stealing the last chocolate bar

I can hear the whispers of arguments
of resentment and frustration

I know it’s protection

but it’s hard when perfection was replicated when there weren’t words or clothes to get in the way.

wrapped in sunshine and caressed by fantasies we both wanted to come true
** the title is a lyric in Ricky Manning’s “Someone else & Jesus” (definitely recommend checking it out)
 Feb 7 Jia En
Soulless
you
 Feb 7 Jia En
Soulless
you
Can you still see me

Standing in this dark room

Talking to the memory of you

Your hand is back in my hair

The love is still there

Just like you never left

But that is not my life

I couldn't sit pretty

To let you create a pretty lie

And now I'm here and for all I know..

You may have died.
 Feb 3 Jia En
Viktoriia
call me when it's over,
i'd rather not watch it all from the start.
rewind to the credits,
make sure to read every single name out loud.

keep the tape rolling,
there might be a hidden message or two.
my mind is unstable,
but the state of it's got nothing to do with you.

so call me when it's over,
i've seen it a million times inside my head.
rewind to the credits,
read the names and remember that most of them are dead.
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