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he smiled and assured me
i wouldn’t feel a thing… ○
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marines are the worst,
they don’t get atta °ched.
°
°.
they un-sentimentally. ○
° pack
: ° and are whisked a w a y…
• °
° will-o’-wisp. ○
licking wounds w.
flash fire tongues…
sometimes i don’t follow .
.
.
even my own wisdom.
sometimes i don’t
even follow . °
my own. . °
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like that reoccurring one
when i chase a trail
of meteorite dust
directly to
your
door
:
.
every
time,
i hold the
burning embers
in my palm. Sometimes,
a flicker of the flame catches
and burns down everything i own.
.
.
d u s k . . . n
↟
.
.
earth quakes
& i give way.
° yesterday the sun set after
the 7 o’clock hour
for the last time this year.
• 7 is a lucky number.
○
e↠ (maybe i should call you later)
° in about 3 hours the
○ sun will set on your side.
(by your side) ↞w
°
:
To be beside you again
sounds as distant
and above me .
as a slice of heaven. •
My cheek against °
the suede of ○.
your soft stomach fuzz. •
I want to place my head
on your shoulder again. ○
• i love you, more than friends.
(i couldn’t stop you if i wanted to)
i love you, *omitted.
○ (the walls shift in unnatural ways)
.
°•
i wanted you to stay.
° (every time i hear your name)
i love you so much
• . i will stand here
○ watch you shrink away.
because you deserve
sunsets in california.
you deserve
a stunning woman,
her perfect smile,
in a romantic place. °
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one who didn’t sell herself
short of her dreams.
you deserve to °
lose your breath,
youth, freedom,
and to exceed .
every expectation… °
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you deserve better than me.
no exceptions.
*six pm