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Glossy and Sugar-coated

misilover's picture

i. Were the first words
He ever said to me.

ii. Describes the look in her eyes
As she bumbles through my drawers and
Takes back her sweaters, her new socks,
Her dangerous pride.

iii. Are the days following
Our discovery. Baking soda + vinegar = explosion.

iv. Is the shape of a cello, the shape of a woman, the shape of my heart.

V. Is the begging I employ to get
Into your head.

vi. Not what you say, but what you do.
The gleam in your eyes and my promise that next time
I will take my glasses off.

vii. When you joke that I am worth it
I almost believe it.

qwertygirl890123's picture

vii is my favorite. It just

Submitted by qwertygirl890123 on July 28, 2008 - 19:14.

vii is my favorite. It just about broke my heart.
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