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Falling Awake
Fluorescent, flashing lights go out, and I am descended into a darkness, so desperate that it draws its arms around me and holds on. I hold my nerve, hollow, held breaths as I count the beats of my heart, each one taking longer than the last to arrive because I am travelling, trailed by the…
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The Ice Cream Man
Nobody wants an ice cream in November, but that doesn’t stop Tony from making his rounds. He drives around the estate every evening at five, every day of the year, even Christmas, but nobody ever buys ice cream from him. Not in November. Not in August. Not ever. The jingle jangle of When You Wish…
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Living Doll
Her name was Jade, and you loved her more than me. It was hard not to take it personally, but I suppose that’s only natural. You are special.You’re not just someone that I can forget. I’d spent so long looking for someone, surrounding myself with the most beautiful things to take my mind off my…
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Stardust
You call to me from your bedsheets,say you’d rather see me dead than to see me with another girl,butterflies whirl,and in the middle of the night,when I dance through your dreams,your name is smeared across my lips in stardust. Starstruck.
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You Keep Making The Same Mistake
You inspired me with a soulful performance of vulnerability,something sent to be seen by my eyes, and my eyes alone,true blue truth from my brown eyed belle,a single tear traces down your clear skin as you clutch me in your embrace,Glenn Miller filling the air,afraid I will run, again. Your fear is not unfounded,but I’ve…
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Sincerely, Jennifer x 