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I told my mother I got accepted to
college,
I told her I left for basic within the
month.
She said to me, “Are you trying to be
funny..
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For daddy
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How
could you even begin to think,
even entertain the idea
that I don't love you?
If I allowed myself
to stoop so
low,
I might say..
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Hey there,
Black-sheep, I just love that dress.
Look at you,
turning your nose up at me,
as though you
couldn't need me less.
But I know you
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The sun bleaches the lake, silken waves
beating the ancient boat like an angry
lover.
It's intoxicating, watching it rise and
fall, breathing
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I died a writer's death,
a pen protruding from my chest.
Blood and ink flowed and mingled,
staining the floor with my macabre
story.
They will ..
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Anything was
possible
as I sat up in
the tree,
gnarled branches
encircling me
like the loving
arms of a parent.
A queen surveying
her kingd..
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what does death look like to you?
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