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Brianna Ghey
Black and white typed cruelty,presented by stuffy mid life crisis time bombs.They wouldn’t see her,wouldn’t let her rest.A child,her name defended by those left behind.A tornado of typed, torrid accusation tears through the fields of mourning flowers,a child’s memory, chased by shadows,pitchforks and torches. Her only crime was being brave enough to be herself.
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I Have To Do This, And You Will Too
I have to do this, and you will too. That’s what it said. I saw it everywhere, scrawled on walls and the pavements. It didn’t make much sense to me, of course, not until it was written on my front door. I have to do this, and you will too. It took a little while…
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Sweet, Cosmic Valentine
Jealousy was your perfume.Over valleys and vines, your eyes extended,all that effort to catch me out doing nothing,not a kiss had left my lips,no soul had breached my borders.All that I was belonged to you,like I’d always said,of all the pretty things on earth, nothing thrilled me like you did. Venus smiled, you exhaled, and…
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I Listened To The Mixtape You Made Me, And Wrote This
It’s wanderlust,and you are a map that sets my mind ablaze.The way I’m lost in the thought of you ought to be studied,the way I long for one more moment, every moment,it’s surely insanity,but I think that this is all I’ll be for the rest of my days. My hands find a home in the…
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The Cursed Princess
I had gotten used to the idea that I’d never see my daughter again. She stayed fifteen forever in my mind. Her face, covered with an excited smile as she left my arms at the airport and ran to join the other students for the trip of a lifetime. I still remember her puppy dog…