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At the venue, we caught first sight of love, just not under the strobe lights.

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When life fails, dreams will come up later, like vomit.
It’s always been later – we watch dusk anyway.
She’s graceful near nightfall

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I was scared to hold on, to let go, and this made me feel trapped on the inside. I asked myself “is this right?”

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He told me once about hope:
Hope is a dangerous thing;
Hope can drive a man insane.
But you’re not him and I know better.

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My sadness wants to fuck your sadness.

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In another life, we’re spending the holidays in Hawaii. We don’t fight as much this time, though.

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this is the poem I remember love that demands reassurance again and again, and again, is not the kind of love people want to see on their TV screen.

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IN ANOTHER LIFE we get a big airport scene. I’m fresh off a five-hour flight. You pick me up at the arrivals area. You wear that red, plaid scarf. It feels right, being in your passenger seat.