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I keep having dreams where You are chasing meA Poem by aoacampbellI keep having dreams where You are chasing me,and there is nowhere to runbut into your arms.I wake upcryingwith no way out. |
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The poem I do not expect You to understandA Poem by aoacampbellYou told me I smelled like stale cigarette smoke, and vanilla; and you couldn’t wash me off your clothes. But you tried. |
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Untitled no.1A Poem by aoacampbellTo be loved and to love. That is all we want, but there is too much to lose. |
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I used to have a jarA Poem by aoacampbellI used to have a jar where I would put all the words that I could never say aloud. I have long since abandoned that practice because I.. |
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At six-thirty A.M.A Poem by aoacampbellAt six-thirty A.M. I am pouring coffee into a gentleman’s cup, and wondering if he can tell that I want to die. |
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I worry that I am not thin enough, or beautiful in..A Poem by aoacampbellI worry that I am not thin enough, or beautiful in the morning. I worry about the way I taste, and whether I take up too much time. .. |
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We run in circlesA Poem by aoacampbellWe run in circles. We run, we run, we run to each other. We run, we run, and we run away. |
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The right sideA Poem by aoacampbellI sleep on your side of the bed when you’re not here, justto breathe in your scent. And I keep telling myself it’s to.. |
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Lying alone in a queen sized bedA Poem by aoacampbellLying alone in a queen sized bed,the sheets stained by your perfumeare perfect shadows of the nights we wishedwould never become mornings. |
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Life without melancholyA Poem by aoacampbellLife without melancholyis sitting on the east coast. The smell of saltwater, and being too far from home to call or to plead for re.. |
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Lung cancer and being aloneA Poem by aoacampbellIt’s five o’clock and I’m standing outside in a rainy city. Children are coming home from school. I’m smo.. |
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Untitled no.2A Poem by aoacampbellAll I can think is: “My god, You’re so beautiful, I could die.” And I do. |
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