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  Beautiful

  

  By rustyemotions, Richmondhill, NY

  I want to lick your wounds, the ones you hide with shame and soft bandages under cotton shirts and cologne I know you have a tendency to pick at the scabs until they bleed I will let you I will let you peel off layers of yourself, the bruised skin plummeting to the ground like the fa...
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  Blueberry pancakes

  

  By rustyemotions, Queens, NY

  She finds me tucked in between the couch cushions, as if I were trying to fit myself into the dusty black hole where her hair ties and fingernails go to get lost, I am anxiously sobbing and I don’t want her to see so I bury myself in the drunk smell of cushions she takes one look at m...
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  Nameless

  

  By rustyemotions, Queens, NY

  Google tells me that there are over 988,968 words in the English language the Oxford dictionary says, there is no sensible answer to this question even with an estimated 4,000 words that are added to the dictionary each year, not one could entirely describe the ache inside of me content i...
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  What to do with your sadness

  

  By rustyemotions, Richmondhill, NY

  Try writing a list of things that make you happy in an old notebook Do not stop until you’ve ripped out every page because you cannot think of anything without the faintest trace of unhappy Count the fallen hairs on your bed sheet question whether they belong to you or the boy who visits...
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  How to disappear and never be found

  

  By rustyemotions, Richmondhill, NY

  Bury all your books in the backyard under the frozen water, wrap your favorite ones in your nightdress, set your blanket on fire, know that the house will never smell of you again Examine the floor boards, wipe off your scruff marks wash the dishes again and again, again and again re...