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Last night I prayed to someone else’s god
If anyone’s up there, please let me die
But then this morning, I woke up alive.
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I wrote another poem about reticence when I was 17.
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All the songs are ruined now,
each verse a lesson
in bitterness;
each chorus a cracked throat,
the heart's betrayal
of principles.
And you, you ..
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Chasing life;
in your mind,
harmless and natural
as Simba and a butterfly;
to me, devastating
as the rocks that follow the silt
that followed t..
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I gave my best friend her first orgasm
& some time later she shattered my heart,
& as I'm facing up to the fact
of facing the world alone,
..
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April through to December. Hopefully the last self-pitying rant on this particular subject.
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if you’re looking for something beautiful
why’d you come to me
knowing I’m not capable
sure I love
the look of summer-hazy woods..
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so when
do the obligations of friendship -
those duties
I’ve never minded -
spill over
thecup half-full,
flooding the one-way street,
i..
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I offer up
Four-lettered words
[Technically
Rendered meaningless]
And wonder which
Can inflict more hurt:
You C- - -
Or
You see,
I L- - - y..
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Everything is killing me.
You rendered me so fragile –
a child toddling past
the park bench where I sit
to contemplate the future
look..
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