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So Close
Our oceans have become puddles, stomped through by your sensible shoes, leapt over, like a lovesick ballerina, who longs to land in God’s good graces, but has been bound to hell by her wicked, wayward heart. The room that watches us is small. The eyes are ever watching, without judgement, without guidance, so I am…
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Something About Him
He found himself, panicking, packing his soul into so many boxes, that he left by my door, every time he came to call, hoping that one day, Id invite him, and his baggage in. He found himself, wishing I’d write his name, a million ways, for the rest of my days, crestfallen, when I told…
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Snappy
Surrender, you say, sending me a dream, to tell me, danger is over, if that is the path I choose. You wear nine hearts on your sleeve, all around your wrists, my initials, inside each one. I watch you, watching me, from the window, sitting, sweet on the sill, trying to tempt me outside, where…
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I Have Been Many Queens
I remember his fear, as he found my fingertips in the night, holding them, as if they were his only anchor to the real world. How he wept into my hair, confessing to the night, that he was afraid to fall in love with me, in case he lost himself. I thought I might tell…
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Bread
Breadcrumbs were seated behind us, in the car, as my eyes followed you, following the sat nav, and avoiding my eyelashes, that were loudly shouting “Look at me, so that I know that you love me.” We scaled the sky, breadcrumbs, closing their eyes, afraid of heights, and I thought of how I’d miss the…
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Sincerely, Jennifer x 