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Fire warms! Fire burns! Ooo! Oww!

I will take these black marks
over milquetoast on absolutely any day

So do not worry about me.

As surely as you did,
I chose which Shit I wanted to ingest very carefully

keep that in mind when we talk about these things.

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"I mean every word I say in my poems"
I said
"I know," she said
"that's the problem"

It grows deeper




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gadget marrterr #1 (aside)
I do not nod to most of my classmates
when I see them
in the hallway.

When I see them smile,
it makes me want to die for them

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sorrrryyyy, I'mmm goingggg

Maybe he & she
see us
like I see my afro
Understanding: it grows deeper!




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gadget marrterr #2 (aside)

I think my best friends can do anything
y'all can have my life



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Sorry? No.

We are on the couch.

I look over at him
seeing if anything comes.
It does; a Little Warmth meets me
and spreads in my chest,
as I smile
and crawl over to him.

I place my hand on his thigh,
and kiss him on the neck
trailing to his face, his lips.

His hands take a second,
and then start touching.

I press myself against him,
giving all that I can tonight
to make up
for all the days
when I look at him
and feel nothing.

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Help? No. (bursa aspirations)

I will not put my hands on you.
Even if I wanted to,
I would only get kicked in the teeth.

I will not put my hands on you.
but I will lay them here
for you,
like a towel.

(I chose very carefully.)

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