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In the kitchen, their mind volumes were so loud that they were having entire conversations with the way they sniffled, cleared their throats, and the foot trails of effort not to get into the other’s way when crossing to the sink.
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Pretty faces have distracted incoming hands ready to stab. Sex has disguised arguments. Politeness has prevented confrontation. Laughing has slowed down revelation. Emotions have been misinterpreted as agreements. Judgment has hampered our listening. Perhaps, for now, we are more accurately defined by what we say or think and not how we seem or look.
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I tried to go to group counseling, but the lady said they were full and so when I tried a 1-on-1 with a counselor, they didn’t respond to my calls. I tried so many times. It’s already so embarrassing asking for help. And you have to pick up my calls, too. Please, mom. When you don’t pick up the phone, my head goes all over the place and I think you’re dead.
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In a moving world filled with endless distractions, time is the most valuable currency. When someone gives you theirs, they cut a slice of their life span and serve it to you. In their brief existence, in their undeterminable episode of consciousness, you were chosen. And the equation goes: with others, you mean.
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You can always count on tears to tell you what’s true.
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If your soul could lift weights, it’d be religion.
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I like to think there’s a place where prayers go. That every prayer ever whispered is a brick to construct a better world far away that doesn’t need to suffer. As if their way of life is dependent on our wishing for one over here.
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I’m no tattoo artist, but I do have a knife.And I’ll cut to the chase and say I use it every night. The first letter of your nameStarts with an “L”So I keep drawing them lowercaseAll over my shell.People ask why I cut myself,I say, “I’m just writing.
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Thank you for making me miss you, for the hole in my heart, for the tears on this napkin. You make me want to hurt for a new person. I guess that’s all we can ever ask for.
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