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O Captain! My Captain (Janeway)!
Write about your first crush. Your voice was gorgeous gravel,the kind that crunched under each subconscious step and shone in the shy sunlight,if I really used my imagination.I used to imagine how you’d say my name,my mind full of fireflies and fantasies that felt out of place, out of reach. I was out of my…
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Background Noise
The world was way too loud.I whispered my worst deeds to your waiting ears,slipping my secrets under the already exhausted rug in the hopes that you would be as overwhelmed by the bellowing Earth as I was, and wouldn’t hear.My luck was lost to the summer breeze,my dirt as clear as a bell,but your hand…
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Below
You cry into the cold air,hands, holding onto hopeless silence,night wrapping her arms around you and begging you to sleep,but you were reborn with nightmares upon your anxious eyelids,so your eyes remain open and full of tears. It’s okay to stay up late,wondering what will become of you,what the world made of you,what did you…
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Grass
I stray from my path,just to peek at my neighbour’s grass, pleasantly surprised by the withering, wilting vision. We truly are in the same sinking boat, sometimes.
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Summer Time Blues
Summer was wicked and ridiculous,stretching out and smiling, like a satisfied cat,fickle feline,finding joy in my futile clock watching.Why is my struggle so entertaining?It’s not even just the heat,it’s the endless hours,the endless echoes of my dreams and desires,dripping back into my ear.It must end,at some point.
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Sincerely, Jennifer x 