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The professor said "Family therapy is like a Pie Graph Everyone in the family contributes their own piece of pie. When people leave there's a chunk of pie missing and the other members of the family have to take on some of those roles to fill the pie." Here's my theory: Everyone in the family has their own whole pie. Categorizes each housemate as a piece of it. how they view them in their family. how they relate to them, Imagine a home Mom and her four daughters. Step dad, his daughter and son. imagine three bedrooms. The adults taking up one of them. let's look at the Mother, Her four daughters all with different fathers she knows how to raise children. The daughters all know how to Be Children, be Sisters, be older or younger than each other. The step-father knows how to have A Wife, One Daughter, A Son. Well Step-brother leaves the house. Susie has a child at fifteen. what does her pie look like now? She used to have a boyfriend, four sisters, a mother, father. Now lost a brother gained a baby. She only knows how to be a child. let's look at the mother. She hasn't learned: Grandchild but she knows how to raise a baby. lets look at the step-father, lost his son, gained four daughters, what's another one? The sisters, lost their brother, a role model. Exchanged for this this new baby. another sister? everyone's pie is empty in some parts. judging by some other dead white guys theory when who you are doesn't line up with who you see yourself as, that's when people develop Mental illness Well I wouldn't call it ill, but let's count the bruises. That baby is going to grow up as her mother's sister. Suzie is going to seek the comfort of men. Her sisters are going to constantly fight between calling themselves auntie and Big Sis. like tossing themselves on either side of the barbed wire fence is cause for death. The farther we go back in each family member's backstory the more slivers of pie we find Georgia has autism, Carley diagnosed depression, Rosie an abusive relationship of 10 years. Clover is quiet. The Brother, schizophrenic, autistic, bipolar. Any number of names they can slap on him. He doesn't live there anyhow. isn't human. Muffle the sister that says she miss him. hit her, cut her, lock her up. This was a case study. I lived with this family for four years. unintentionally filled up parts of their pie. I was Son. Older brother. Boyfriend. Father. When I stopped being a fly on the wall Stopped seeing how their story was developing. I didn't have any pie left.
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Feb 7, 2016
Feb 7, 2016 at 1:25 PM UTC
Family Therapy
The professor said "Family therapy is like a Pie Graph Everyone in the family contributes their own piece of pie. When people leave there's a chunk of pie missing and the other members of the family have to take on some of those roles to fill the pie." Here's my theory: Everyone in the family has their own whole pie. Categorizes each housemate as a piece of it. how they view them in their family. how they relate to them, Imagine a home Mom and her four daughters. Step dad, his daughter and son. imagine three bedrooms. The adults taking up one of them. let's look at the Mother, Her four daughters all with different fathers she knows how to raise children. The daughters all know how to Be Children, be Sisters, be older or younger than each other. The step-father knows how to have A Wife, One Daughter, A Son. Well Step-brother leaves the house. Susie has a child at fifteen. what does her pie look like now? She used to have a boyfriend, four sisters, a mother, father. Now lost a brother gained a baby. She only knows how to be a child. let's look at the mother. She hasn't learned: Grandchild but she knows how to raise a baby. lets look at the step-father, lost his son, gained four daughters, what's another one? The sisters, lost their brother, a role model. Exchanged for this this new baby. another sister? everyone's pie is empty in some parts. judging by some other dead white guys theory when who you are doesn't line up with who you see yourself as, that's when people develop Mental illness Well I wouldn't call it ill, but let's count the bruises. That baby is going to grow up as her mother's sister. Suzie is going to seek the comfort of men. Her sisters are going to constantly fight between calling themselves auntie and Big Sis. like tossing themselves on either side of the barbed wire fence is cause for death. The farther we go back in each family member's backstory the more slivers of pie we find Georgia has autism, Carley diagnosed depression, Rosie an abusive relationship of 10 years. Clover is quiet. The Brother, schizophrenic, autistic, bipolar. Any number of names they can slap on him. He doesn't live there anyhow. isn't human. Muffle the sister that says she miss him. hit her, cut her, lock her up. This was a case study. I lived with this family for four years. unintentionally filled up parts of their pie. I was Son. Older brother. Boyfriend. Father. When I stopped being a fly on the wall Stopped seeing how their story was developing. I didn't have any pie left.
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there is no such thing as an antihero, only a villain who has found an exuse, an antagonist who can speak more prettily than all the others who can lie holes straight through the hero's heart, find their place in the universe and blot it out on the map because the universe does not tend towards anything but solitude. you will find yourself all alone. you will find yourself all alone and you can snap the neck of every doll you own but despair will never be anything more than an unrequited love, an attachment that you never grew out of, a high school crush that you stapled to your heart so as you grew it was like a gastric bypass you cannot hold as much love in your heart as your mother said you could but you can kiss and sigh and with every moue you'll wonder just why your chest feels fit to burst when you get any deeper than touch heart fit to rupture you are the main villain of every book i've read the antagonist in every story you are the angry girl whose doll parts lay in pieces at her feet whose bomb will detonate if you get too close {the character i could relate to the most the character i hated the most the character i talked to whenever i could and memorized every line to replay, god i hate the way you speak and i want to hear it more} i ripped out your staples and added my own. {despair will never reciprocate but i understand you i do because we are the same and i hate you because you hate yourself and i could give you nightmares every night and listen to your motives every morning 'people are disgusting' you said as if it was a revelation} you're not ****** up, just out of luck because four-leaf clovers can't survive droughts. you are seventyeight percent water and every drop you spent on drowning the background characters and every doll on your bedroom floor {i love the way you cry when you laugh because every time i hope that one, that one tear is the final drop wrung from the shroud of a sailor a burial at sea and you will crumble into dust} you angry girl your eyes are a yellowing bruise on the storyline your backstory is a rash on the protagonist's hands and all your inner demons told you you were not alone but you explained them away and appeals to pity left you empty. i will rip out all your staples i will make you seventyeight percent saltwater my heart is a mirror you can find yourself there and reassemble yourself from all your broken parts i will be the blueprint from which you rebuild yourself {a story is nothing without a villain}
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Jul 25, 2013
Jul 25, 2013 at 3:25 AM UTC
don't try to hold your breath in space
there is no such thing as an antihero, only a villain who has found an exuse, an antagonist who can speak more prettily than all the others who can lie holes straight through the hero's heart, find their place in the universe and blot it out on the map because the universe does not tend towards anything but solitude. you will find yourself all alone. you will find yourself all alone and you can snap the neck of every doll you own but despair will never be anything more than an unrequited love, an attachment that you never grew out of, a high school crush that you stapled to your heart so as you grew it was like a gastric bypass you cannot hold as much love in your heart as your mother said you could but you can kiss and sigh and with every moue you'll wonder just why your chest feels fit to burst when you get any deeper than touch heart fit to rupture you are the main villain of every book i've read the antagonist in every story you are the angry girl whose doll parts lay in pieces at her feet whose bomb will detonate if you get too close {the character i could relate to the most the character i hated the most the character i talked to whenever i could and memorized every line to replay, god i hate the way you speak and i want to hear it more} i ripped out your staples and added my own. {despair will never reciprocate but i understand you i do because we are the same and i hate you because you hate yourself and i could give you nightmares every night and listen to your motives every morning 'people are disgusting' you said as if it was a revelation} you're not ****** up, just out of luck because four-leaf clovers can't survive droughts. you are seventyeight percent water and every drop you spent on drowning the background characters and every doll on your bedroom floor {i love the way you cry when you laugh because every time i hope that one, that one tear is the final drop wrung from the shroud of a sailor a burial at sea and you will crumble into dust} you angry girl your eyes are a yellowing bruise on the storyline your backstory is a rash on the protagonist's hands and all your inner demons told you you were not alone but you explained them away and appeals to pity left you empty. i will rip out all your staples i will make you seventyeight percent saltwater my heart is a mirror you can find yourself there and reassemble yourself from all your broken parts i will be the blueprint from which you rebuild yourself {a story is nothing without a villain}
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Once upon a time There was a girl who dared to dream In the cold, air conditioned room of reality she sat For hours on end Suddenly, her rescuer appeared Golden yarns of sunshine leaked through the windows, Wrapping themselves around her, Pulling her away In the blink of an eye She was no longer in the place of gloom But in a magnificent garden Where flowers of every kind, like her, Dared to bloom She tarried there For hours, days, weeks Sitting amongst the blossoms Admiring them and befriending The other children who would arrive from their own prisons Each backstory unique, Some grotesque, some disheartening But that mattered not For the children would wrap their fingers Around each other's cold hands And begin again In this new, dreamlike place
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Nov 23, 2014
Nov 23, 2014 at 10:00 AM UTC
Daydreaming
Dear two year old me, You've been walking for a year now, And oh! The places you'll go! The people you'll see, and love, and hurt. This is your superhero's backstory, you'll see. Dear four year old me, I'm so proud of you, Losing yourself in books already, Keep your smile ready, darling, It's going to be rough for a while. Dear six year old me, Those kids who threw pine cones Called you ugly at the bus stop And made you run home in tears, Baby Girl, they don't matter. Dear eight year old me, That teacher who sneered "just like your mom" like a barbed insult and a doomed future was just a mean confused white lady, Who never even tried to get to know you or your wonderful mother. Dear ten year old me, Playground marriages were just for show Everyone else got remarried day by day You only had eyes for one, but that's okay Your loyalty will bring you happiness, one day. Dear twelve year old me, You really are too young to date, and I know everyone else is doing it, but none of them last, baby girl, waiting is totally okay. Dear fourteen year old me, You've been in love for so long, It's really just like breathing, isn't it? But you're too young to know what toxic is Don't worry, *** you'll be so much better. Dear sixteen year old me, It hurts. I know it hurts. It hurts so much. You'll teach yourself to keep busy day by day But honey your lungs only burn because you've been Breathing smoke for so long fresh oxygen tastes poisonous. Dear eighteen year old me, You'd think me soft, now. Emotional. Weak. But crying is okay, sweet one, wanting hugs is okay Feeling used is okay. Wanting love is okay. It's going to be okay.
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Aug 6, 2015
Aug 6, 2015 at 11:29 AM UTC
From A 19 Year Old
Dear two year old me, You've been walking for a year now, And oh! The places you'll go! The people you'll see, and love, and hurt. This is your superhero's backstory, you'll see. Dear four year old me, I'm so proud of you, Losing yourself in books already, Keep your smile ready, darling, It's going to be rough for a while. Dear six year old me, Those kids who threw pine cones Called you ugly at the bus stop And made you run home in tears, Baby Girl, they don't matter. Dear eight year old me, That teacher who sneered "just like your mom" like a barbed insult and a doomed future was just a mean confused white lady, Who never even tried to get to know you or your wonderful mother. Dear ten year old me, Playground marriages were just for show Everyone else got remarried day by day You only had eyes for one, but that's okay Your loyalty will bring you happiness, one day. Dear twelve year old me, You really are too young to date, and I know everyone else is doing it, but none of them last, baby girl, waiting is totally okay. Dear fourteen year old me, You've been in love for so long, It's really just like breathing, isn't it? But you're too young to know what toxic is Don't worry, *** you'll be so much better. Dear sixteen year old me, It hurts. I know it hurts. It hurts so much. You'll teach yourself to keep busy day by day But honey your lungs only burn because you've been Breathing smoke for so long fresh oxygen tastes poisonous. Dear eighteen year old me, You'd think me soft, now. Emotional. Weak. But crying is okay, sweet one, wanting hugs is okay Feeling used is okay. Wanting love is okay. It's going to be okay.
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there's a hippie girl waiting for me in a coffee shop a few blocks up the road. she has no idea im not coming. it's fun pretending to be someone else entirely assuming a new role, backstory, character development it's like being an actor, except there's no camera capturing my performance, no crew writing my perfect li[n]es. so there's a hippie girl in a coffee shop, and i'll meet her there in a few minutes and she'll believe that she's met the real me. meanwhile, that coward can be found hiding. don't ask where- I'm still looking for him myself.
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Dec 7, 2011
Dec 7, 2011 at 3:31 AM UTC
coffee shop
They call it guilt, John. That's what the voice in the dark of the night, would always whisper upon me. But I was deaf, so I would never hear it. Oh, it's just what they'll all say, "It's not your fault", That your brother died, That you're a broken husk of a man. Worry not, worry not, fair snakeskin, fair caterpillar, surely you, too, will shed your skin and fly, fly away. But he doesn't get to fly now does he? No all he exists is, as a sad, cold face, dead, under the refraction of light, that pool's death gleams. Hmm, but you enjoy this don't you, John, the voice said to me. The tragic backstory, the shameless reason. For such gleeful ecstasy, surerly, The small price of the lie called brother, of innocence, of life, of something you never really had, something you never really lose, what an even sacrifice, John, what a fair toll, in fact how favored are you, to so enjoy, self-flagellation. I won't tell if you won't, she says, whispered. Why always a she and who? It finishes anyways; whether I want it to... Spencer died, So I can have, my whip in hand. That is my truth.
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Mar 21, 2017
Mar 21, 2017 at 12:03 PM UTC
Whip In Hand
Our paths were never meant to cross. I was just testing the waters when I caught you staring. It started something grand and beautiful and exhilarating. And that should have been the end of this backstory. But we're just starting and we are still mere strangers Me falling for you has always been a scary thought Can you honestly love me? When you hold my hand and touch my hair, When you whisper secrets to my ears and make me feel special, Are those moments real? People always say that I have these walls around me, That I am someone who's never gonna let somebody in. But they never saw how higher and thicker your walls are. You are so good at hiding what you feel that it made me think That maybe what I'm feeling is a product of my imagination A part of my subconscious waiting for someone Who will try to understand all the layers of my insecurities Someone who will paint my skin with his warm touches Someone who will kiss my lips and tell me everything's okay. Someone who will simply love the complicated me. I'm giving this a chance Even though the pessimist in me is screaming, Telling me to run the opposite direction. I'm giving you a chance Because I want to give me a chance To fall in love and be happy. Please, do not hurt me. I'm fine with unrequited love But please, do not lie to me. Do not call me at 3AM and tell me you can't sleep without hearing my voice. Do not tell me you can't imagine your future without me. Do not promise me these unless you're sure. Because my heart is fragile and my bones are tired. I've always been sad but you, You remind me of the warm sunlight caressing my face. The butterflies in my stomach awoke with your giddy laughter. You endlessly surprise me with your actions. Your smile is my happly place. You are my happy place. This. This is the end of our backstory. The rest, I hope, will be a beautiful history.
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Feb 13, 2016
Feb 13, 2016 at 2:55 AM UTC
backstory
Our paths were never meant to cross. I was just testing the waters when I caught you staring. It started something grand and beautiful and exhilarating. And that should have been the end of this backstory. But we're just starting and we are still mere strangers Me falling for you has always been a scary thought Can you honestly love me? When you hold my hand and touch my hair, When you whisper secrets to my ears and make me feel special, Are those moments real? People always say that I have these walls around me, That I am someone who's never gonna let somebody in. But they never saw how higher and thicker your walls are. You are so good at hiding what you feel that it made me think That maybe what I'm feeling is a product of my imagination A part of my subconscious waiting for someone Who will try to understand all the layers of my insecurities Someone who will paint my skin with his warm touches Someone who will kiss my lips and tell me everything's okay. Someone who will simply love the complicated me. I'm giving this a chance Even though the pessimist in me is screaming, Telling me to run the opposite direction. I'm giving you a chance Because I want to give me a chance To fall in love and be happy. Please, do not hurt me. I'm fine with unrequited love But please, do not lie to me. Do not call me at 3AM and tell me you can't sleep without hearing my voice. Do not tell me you can't imagine your future without me. Do not promise me these unless you're sure. Because my heart is fragile and my bones are tired. I've always been sad but you, You remind me of the warm sunlight caressing my face. The butterflies in my stomach awoke with your giddy laughter. You endlessly surprise me with your actions. Your smile is my happly place. You are my happy place. This. This is the end of our backstory. The rest, I hope, will be a beautiful history.
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Glass bottle empty, Thirst hardly slowed. Something spins, Focus can't focus. But so thirsty. Legs go limp When you try for more water, Spilling half Until your lips, Dry and cracked Find the opening, And flood the desert. You're still coughing here and there. And your mind goes wild. Thinking of all the things You usually think Except with more intensity. Because suddenly, Everything has a Morose backstory. And some of it scares you. Now you can feel Each ****** thought Take power physically. And that is terrifying And sensational. You try to calm your frazzled Head by holding it, And focusing on The water- A normal task of drinking That hardly feels normal. But that's all you can do.
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Aug 28, 2014
Aug 28, 2014 at 9:51 PM UTC
Morose Backstory
A massacre warped becomes justified. A pack of wolves wear the skin of sheep they have killed, as the sheep ran. Swam against the current. Electrocuted, drowned and burnt till they renounce individualism and yell from the rooftop, hanging by their frightened feet, that they were wrong! Then they are sent to a prison to be ***** or killed. A super-power did this because they didn’t like people being themselves and hoping for more. Opposing a regime that wanted no opposition. Dying foreigners’ swarm wishing that they only had a heart can get one in a week or two. No problem, if no questions are asked. Those people that only wish to become more than a number become only that which they strive against. A digit in a program. A point on a graph. A blood type can condemn you to death, and have parts of you delivered to those who think kidneys magically sprout out of the ground. Naivety and gratitude need no backstory in light of their desperation. Innocence is rewarded and knowledge is condemned. But, unfortunately this injustice cannot be stopped by signing a petition or shaking a frail man’s hand, so we must ask; is there another way we can mend?
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Jun 12, 2013
Jun 12, 2013 at 7:50 PM UTC
What is Falun Gong?
Some people claim that special intuition to know another person's thoughts and mind. I do not. I did not read her like a book, so I read her like a poem. Her words did not arrange a neat picture of who she was. So I listened. I felt and I paused straining to hear every moment. Envisioning. I reflected, then I listened some more. I saw patterns repeated, the strain and the wince and I tested hire they felt on my own face After learning a bit of backstory I flipped back through what she had said and let the context take effect. I saw stanzas, couplets, and rhythm I did not analyze, I felt, Hearing her song-story. I might be wrong. I might have projected too much of myself, or glanced over a detail. I can not recite her story or show you her heart, but I listened to her poem and that is all that I can do.
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Jun 6, 2018
Jun 6, 2018 at 10:58 PM UTC
I Didn't Read Her Like a Book
My aunt passed away almost a year ago. And I was never super close with her but the things I remember are important. My whole family Aunt Florence Uncle Rodger Aunt Debbie and Romy came down and Stayed with Me, Ma, Joci and Grandma when I was a kid. I remember she kissed me and hugged me in our living room. And I felt the love without words; it just came out of her body in waves. Her small voice was loud with it. I am beginning to learn Yukimi like a backstory and her body teaches me about love in a different but completely nostalgiac way.
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Jan 2, 2012
Jan 2, 2012 at 6:22 PM UTC
Yukimi.
I have found the one with whom my soul is in a budding love. In this, for simplicity, we'll call him Mr. Blue. Not jade, nor gold, nor copper rust, but a morning glory hue. He's kindled a light inside my bones, and left my thoughts askew. Tell me is this true? Mr. Blue, what say you? There was another when you came; let's spare his name, just call him Shame. He warrants no backstory, but I'll give it just the same. Shame walked around the world with a silver spoon a-gleaming. So when I looked inside his mind, I found words with little meaning. There was no lasting glow from he; my bones rapidly re-dulled. Though I spoke and moved quite freely, apathy manned my body's hull. So again, Mr. Blue, I demand your reassurance, that this flutter will soon cease, that I'll have light in abundance. Mr. Blue, don't ignore me, I know you've read my mind. So you should know that on these questions, there's a strict limit of time. Or maybe you're just human. Mr. Blue, can you read thoughts? Or am I expecting too much, for you to connect invisible dots. I'm sorry Mr. Blue, I see now that it's my doing . I'm scared to let a light shine, to let it glow without flitting. I would promise I'd do better, but, alas, I know not how. Seventeen never taught me this, just endless ways to plow. So Mr. Blue, I'm sorry, but this glow will flicker more. For I am much too guarded, to let it shine for sure. Until the day it gleams with fire, I may seem far away, but really I'm just waiting it out, to see how long you stay. But if you pass this test of will, and break down all my walls, I swear to you, Mr. Blue, you'll have my heart and all.
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Dec 8, 2014
Dec 8, 2014 at 6:53 PM UTC
Mr. Blue
I have found the one with whom my soul is in a budding love. In this, for simplicity, we'll call him Mr. Blue. Not jade, nor gold, nor copper rust, but a morning glory hue. He's kindled a light inside my bones, and left my thoughts askew. Tell me is this true? Mr. Blue, what say you? There was another when you came; let's spare his name, just call him Shame. He warrants no backstory, but I'll give it just the same. Shame walked around the world with a silver spoon a-gleaming. So when I looked inside his mind, I found words with little meaning. There was no lasting glow from he; my bones rapidly re-dulled. Though I spoke and moved quite freely, apathy manned my body's hull. So again, Mr. Blue, I demand your reassurance, that this flutter will soon cease, that I'll have light in abundance. Mr. Blue, don't ignore me, I know you've read my mind. So you should know that on these questions, there's a strict limit of time. Or maybe you're just human. Mr. Blue, can you read thoughts? Or am I expecting too much, for you to connect invisible dots. I'm sorry Mr. Blue, I see now that it's my doing . I'm scared to let a light shine, to let it glow without flitting. I would promise I'd do better, but, alas, I know not how. Seventeen never taught me this, just endless ways to plow. So Mr. Blue, I'm sorry, but this glow will flicker more. For I am much too guarded, to let it shine for sure. Until the day it gleams with fire, I may seem far away, but really I'm just waiting it out, to see how long you stay. But if you pass this test of will, and break down all my walls, I swear to you, Mr. Blue, you'll have my heart and all.
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It's strange how I could fit so much in a shoebox. A shoebox made for a pair. There is this specific shoebox I have tucked underneath my folding bed. A relatively new one, with its glossy lid and blunt corners. I can name its contents by heart. A letter dated September 27. Two pairs of tickets to movies. A priceless photo of you as a kid on horseback. Six receipts I managed to save from places where we've shown our true colors. Nine bus tickets. One valentine's card with a doodle I'd frame in the Louvre for everyone to appreciate. A list that says ten things but actually has twenty. My favorite one being "I love that you love me. I cannot even." Two poems. Five photographs of us, two of you, one stolen, most with teeth, some wacky. An ice cream tin. I can still taste the pistachio and see our smiles while we shared and fought over who gets the tin. A notebook holding a sacred bucketlist, boxes unticked. This box is small, but it keeps a lot more than that. It cradles a semi-epic backstory. It possesses a playlist inaudible to all, except for two people. It confines a few arguments, little squabbles, and maybe a tiny bit of resentment. More than that, it is abundant in affection, concern, last-minute cuddles, kisses given and taken. I won't deny it, I'm a sentimental person. I've been keeping and snatching little parts of you and placing them in plain sight around me. Where I can see them, see you, when I flip through my books or open my wallet for change. But now you're gone, hidden from view. Diminished inside four corners, right under where I sleep at night to forget you. It's strange how I could fit so much in a shoebox. This shoebox I made just for you and I.
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Mar 8, 2017
Mar 8, 2017 at 8:24 AM UTC
Maudlin
It's strange how I could fit so much in a shoebox. A shoebox made for a pair. There is this specific shoebox I have tucked underneath my folding bed. A relatively new one, with its glossy lid and blunt corners. I can name its contents by heart. A letter dated September 27. Two pairs of tickets to movies. A priceless photo of you as a kid on horseback. Six receipts I managed to save from places where we've shown our true colors. Nine bus tickets. One valentine's card with a doodle I'd frame in the Louvre for everyone to appreciate. A list that says ten things but actually has twenty. My favorite one being "I love that you love me. I cannot even." Two poems. Five photographs of us, two of you, one stolen, most with teeth, some wacky. An ice cream tin. I can still taste the pistachio and see our smiles while we shared and fought over who gets the tin. A notebook holding a sacred bucketlist, boxes unticked. This box is small, but it keeps a lot more than that. It cradles a semi-epic backstory. It possesses a playlist inaudible to all, except for two people. It confines a few arguments, little squabbles, and maybe a tiny bit of resentment. More than that, it is abundant in affection, concern, last-minute cuddles, kisses given and taken. I won't deny it, I'm a sentimental person. I've been keeping and snatching little parts of you and placing them in plain sight around me. Where I can see them, see you, when I flip through my books or open my wallet for change. But now you're gone, hidden from view. Diminished inside four corners, right under where I sleep at night to forget you. It's strange how I could fit so much in a shoebox. This shoebox I made just for you and I.
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Look, I never said I was that smart. I say stupid stuff all the time. It's not like I'm always awake. I'm rewriting my life story. Impossible? Maybe. But we all wish some parts of our lives were different. I'm rewriting my DNA make my skin less red, my spine less curved, my mind less distracted, to make my body hurt less. I'm rewriting my backstory, one where I didn't worry about much other than my life at home. I never told anybody how dangerous my life used to be...
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Mar 21, 2017
Mar 21, 2017 at 12:25 AM UTC
Rewrite
X-Men doesn’t make sense without you here to explain. Wolverine’s backstory is hard to ascertain. Geeking out without you just isn’t the same. I don’t know what comics are worth reading. And the covers to these graphic novels are so misleading. I’m trying to expand my comic knowledge without you and not succeeding. The Game Cube is just gathering dust. Two player to single player, trying to readjust. Playing multiplayer alone feels so unjust. “I’ll see you soon.” You say. But I know that only means if you don’t work every day. I’ll just spend our time apart wishing you weren’t six hours away. I’m sick of Facebook being the only way we communicate. And even though hearing your voice on the phone is great, I’m starting to wonder if it’s worth the wait. I’m sorry if I’m getting hostile. Lately it’s been hard to smile. Sorry baby, it’s just been awhile.
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May 12, 2014
May 12, 2014 at 10:02 AM UTC
STL to CHI
Wonderful town of Whitby, hundreds of marketplaces, England's own astounding alleys of traditional aces, Many things this obscure area tends to hide, the most enjoyable boating docks and brine and quayside. With cobbled streets aplenty, Whitby is where I'd like to be, no matter where on earth, Whitby is the best for me. Wonderful town of Whitby, Honour be upon it's history, But how it's backstory came to be differs as a mystery. Once upon a supposed legacy of legend and lore, One quite possibly never seen before. With it's Mystic vampiric anomaly, Whitby is certainly my place, no matter where on earth, I'd love to be upon this space. Wonderful town of Whitby, many books wrote about it, with Whales, abbeys and vampires, it's hard to doubt it, rare and beautiful creatures, dance within the mist, Humpback, White and Minkeys on this list. With it's Whales and sightings, Whitby is my Sweven, no matter where on earth, This town is my Heaven.
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Jun 10, 2017
Jun 10, 2017 at 7:03 AM UTC
My town Whitby
*Every tick, my clock drips, my eyes leak, with heavy lids. Yes, I was sick. . . and they left me, when I was weak.* *The friends I thought, were for real, only spend time for chills.* *I'm not cool, but never a fool. I just want this life's better piece.* *To give me someone who never kills, a heart so frail, as me.* *A man, a lifetime friend. My missing puzzle piece.* That everlasting kiss! Who could promise: "  In sickness and in health with me  " But in all of these, I know,  God is with me. " Always giving . . .     . . . always watching, " Making a better backstory.
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Mar 22, 2016
Mar 22, 2016 at 10:53 PM UTC
With Me
I read your text and it kind of hurt me, I don’t know what happens next Or what lies you said In your circle, Planning to **** me twice, That ain’t nice— Every time I think of you, I’m on the brink, bout to sink fast— Nah scratch that— Or maybe not— Mind’s a maze When I rewind To the tapes of Moments left broken When you called me back, Wantin’ to make amends, I hesitate cuz you had a plan to manipulate, Suffocate me with Unsolved karma, Throw salt on my Mistakes, Then go crying to your mama— Like I’m Freddy in your nightmares— Trauma! Thinking she got advise, A hotline for lies, She ain’t curing your— Drama! I just wanna escape, You still hold onto The hate, Throw me back onstage, Bout to break me— Spotlight blazing shame, Feeling the flames Burning my fate— crossed my name out— Oh no, Here goes my fat ex, Driving in a Fedex truck, Shipping hate, like it’s Christmas Day, Almost got me fed up! About to ****** the messenger with a bullet But I cut the ******** What a sitcom! Yeah you’re the star, Playing games with my brain Acting like you’re the villain with a monologue and a backstory, round of applause, You tore me apart— I got some scars! I was friends with a monster— Trust was shattered— a prop show, A joke at first, But ends up being a war— A **** show… But I’m still standing, spitting bars, Flipping scripts on the spot, Writing you off Like you never existed In the first place— In a space, where I can’t erase, But I can embrace, You fading away. Indigo— It was nice to know you, But I’m done, gotta go, Hope you don’t grow bitter and older, But **** that, I ain’t wishing you luck— I’m not cold-hearted, I’m just getting colder With a fractured heart— Gotta find myself hope— And when I do, I’ll be the one to open it.
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Dec 5, 2024
Dec 5, 2024 at 11:59 PM UTC
Indigo (Rap)
I read your text and it kind of hurt me, I don’t know what happens next Or what lies you said In your circle, Planning to **** me twice, That ain’t nice— Every time I think of you, I’m on the brink, bout to sink fast— Nah scratch that— Or maybe not— Mind’s a maze When I rewind To the tapes of Moments left broken When you called me back, Wantin’ to make amends, I hesitate cuz you had a plan to manipulate, Suffocate me with Unsolved karma, Throw salt on my Mistakes, Then go crying to your mama— Like I’m Freddy in your nightmares— Trauma! Thinking she got advise, A hotline for lies, She ain’t curing your— Drama! I just wanna escape, You still hold onto The hate, Throw me back onstage, Bout to break me— Spotlight blazing shame, Feeling the flames Burning my fate— crossed my name out— Oh no, Here goes my fat ex, Driving in a Fedex truck, Shipping hate, like it’s Christmas Day, Almost got me fed up! About to ****** the messenger with a bullet But I cut the ******** What a sitcom! Yeah you’re the star, Playing games with my brain Acting like you’re the villain with a monologue and a backstory, round of applause, You tore me apart— I got some scars! I was friends with a monster— Trust was shattered— a prop show, A joke at first, But ends up being a war— A **** show… But I’m still standing, spitting bars, Flipping scripts on the spot, Writing you off Like you never existed In the first place— In a space, where I can’t erase, But I can embrace, You fading away. Indigo— It was nice to know you, But I’m done, gotta go, Hope you don’t grow bitter and older, But **** that, I ain’t wishing you luck— I’m not cold-hearted, I’m just getting colder With a fractured heart— Gotta find myself hope— And when I do, I’ll be the one to open it.
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they say i'm a hard girl; hard to please, hard to talk to, hard to handle- because they don't know where easy got me. he fed me lies upon lies, vomiting my secrets across the floor leaving only a  bitter aftertaste of betrayal hanging in the air; the weight on my shoulders dragging me down into the depths as the traitor takes his leave. they said i was a hard girl; hard to understand- because i washed my backstory in a river and let the letters bleed into each other, because no one acknowledges damage that only leaves a bruise.
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Sep 9, 2014
Sep 9, 2014 at 3:15 AM UTC
hard
It's because I'm not her It's because she's the one and I'm just me Even if I switched places with her We would just be friends It hurts because I’m not her I’m the one who chases Whose hand reaches out to remain empty She’s the lead in your story The truth is you never left me I was never a contender I’m the side character in your backstory In the background as the sidekick I could see it in your eyes No matter how hard I tried I’m just not her Yet I see your easy smile That utter joy in your face How could I? How could I want to ruin your love? Even if I wanted to hate her I couldn’t Because I could see it I know you so well I can understand I can’t be her I’ll never be her And you’ll never be mine
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Jan 13, 2022
Jan 13, 2022 at 1:08 PM UTC
It's because I'm not her
Oh little Caterpillar, 10 years old Yet has a soul of solid gold How can such a young being be such a joy A spirit so welcoming, in a life you enjoy Such a sad backstory yet you stand your grounds Such a wonderful personality, your kindness knows no bounds How fitting a cold, withered tree, was privileged enough to host such a loving caterpillar And said tree also hopes to see her grow into a giant pillar Your wonders run deeper than the orange river To keep you in a jar would squander your abilities To lead you too far would hinder your quality You lead your life to your very own melody To a song I learnt of too late, which led to a self made tragedy You will become a butterfly, I know this to be true Because you already have great morals, and a loving family too I miss the little caterpillar that told me of her future And I thank the heavens for the pleasure to have known her Standing and hoping another fated meeting would occur Alas, little caterpillar, you are but only a child That had the ability to widen my smile For 10 months I lacked joy, and your presence awoke my spirit You left all too soon, before my heart and words could erupt I come to wonder what happened to that little caterpillar And if she ever contemplates the time we had together Will the butterfly see me as nostalgia or a distant memory? Will I be the oak tree of destiny, or just ancient history?
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Mar 7, 2024
Mar 7, 2024 at 4:41 AM UTC
Little Caterpillar
In the Alps of you and me, There can be no victory. The problem isn’t that you’re unfavorable, The problem is that I don’t care enough to be capable. Captivated by our loyalty and then berating our backstory, Another mystery, special delivery. No longer caged in your palace chorus, But in my memory palace you remain victorious. A revisionist history, A thousand times I am sorry.
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Jul 17, 2015
Jul 17, 2015 at 2:45 PM UTC
Garnison
Early on My T.V. was controlled By my mother and older sister Because of this I have an immunity To awful television Americas Next Top Whatever Growing up Whatever The Housewives of Wherever All the spinoffs All the three week Episodic backstory Specials Everything I have found this taste in T.V. Is engrained in most girls and women Not all of them mind you But most From all of the Nonsensical story lines Wooden and awkward acting Scripted life tragedies Artificially inseminated arguments Pointless and pedantic drama Lifetime movies stick out They are their own special breed Because of this They are beautiful And I enjoy them immensely So many meaningless sub plots Badly framed shots Ridiculous morals Awfully choreographed action sequences That have nothing to do With the movie at all In this way They are their   Own type of pure I have no shame Besides There is no where else That I can watch an hour and a half Of a police woman Being hunted by her surrogate Who was her best friend (Before she psychotically fell in love with The police woman's husband) While the police woman is Haunted by the ghost of her Dead mother who Gives her advice From beyond the grave Finally With the help of the ghost mother The police woman And her misogynistic male partner (Who is no longer a misogynist Because she is such a **** fine cop) Corner the surrogate Who now has an assault rifle And they end up having to blow her Away Emptying their guns As she yells out and spins Too many times into some faceless Mansion's swimming pool Ending with a slow motion splash And no charges pressed anywhere On anyone All of this Played by the up and coming Talent of yesteryear And the same six Recycled actors Who butcher their lines and roles So artistically That tense and awful moments Make me convulse with laughter It is surreal And totally worth the guilt I feel for enjoying such Rancidly composed filth
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Jul 25, 2016
Jul 25, 2016 at 12:09 AM UTC
Lifetime Movies
Early on My T.V. was controlled By my mother and older sister Because of this I have an immunity To awful television Americas Next Top Whatever Growing up Whatever The Housewives of Wherever All the spinoffs All the three week Episodic backstory Specials Everything I have found this taste in T.V. Is engrained in most girls and women Not all of them mind you But most From all of the Nonsensical story lines Wooden and awkward acting Scripted life tragedies Artificially inseminated arguments Pointless and pedantic drama Lifetime movies stick out They are their own special breed Because of this They are beautiful And I enjoy them immensely So many meaningless sub plots Badly framed shots Ridiculous morals Awfully choreographed action sequences That have nothing to do With the movie at all In this way They are their   Own type of pure I have no shame Besides There is no where else That I can watch an hour and a half Of a police woman Being hunted by her surrogate Who was her best friend (Before she psychotically fell in love with The police woman's husband) While the police woman is Haunted by the ghost of her Dead mother who Gives her advice From beyond the grave Finally With the help of the ghost mother The police woman And her misogynistic male partner (Who is no longer a misogynist Because she is such a **** fine cop) Corner the surrogate Who now has an assault rifle And they end up having to blow her Away Emptying their guns As she yells out and spins Too many times into some faceless Mansion's swimming pool Ending with a slow motion splash And no charges pressed anywhere On anyone All of this Played by the up and coming Talent of yesteryear And the same six Recycled actors Who butcher their lines and roles So artistically That tense and awful moments Make me convulse with laughter It is surreal And totally worth the guilt I feel for enjoying such Rancidly composed filth
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Imma gunna create a new persona complete with stupid backstory an' a picture of some random that's pleasing to the eye to enable my ****** glory and help spread my ******** to the world because my ego demands to be heard!
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Jun 5, 2014
Jun 5, 2014 at 3:37 AM UTC
when I grow down