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when i was fifteen, naked, next-door neighbors did a drive-by. / pulled me up by my waist, long hair to the beach side. / i wanted to go out like you, swim with the fishes that he caught on rhode island beaches. / but, sometimes, it's just not your time.

oh, you kissed me just to kiss me, not to make mе cry. / it was simple, you are sweetness. / lеt’s just sit a while.

if only i could love you enough to give you what you need. / if only i could be for you the hand that feeds.

there is something wrong with you. there is something wrong with you that is also wrong with me.

i thought of angels choking on their halos. get them drunk on rose water; see how dirty i can get them.

tell me what the problem is & we’ll work it out together... like we’ve always done.

darling, it’s so hard to be SIXTEEN & SCHIZO!

he looked up in despair at the starry sky, he struck his burning chest with his fist; he loved & he was not loved!

i met him when the sun was down, the bar was closed. / we both have had no sleep.

ALL YOUR FRIENDS ARE FUCKING DEAD.

fill my glass, let’s drink a toast. / this is our birthday, so why are we weeping?

it’s like he would take a photograph of sam, & the photograph would be beautiful. & he would think that the reason the photograph was beautiful was because of how he took it. if i took it, i would know that the only reason it’s beautiful is because of sam.

when the moon fell in love with the sun, all was golden in the sky. / all was golden when the day met the night.

you're the lonely, one & only body in the world who can make me, who can break me down into a young girl.

my body turns and yearns for a sleep that won't ever come.

we’ll stay drunk, we’ll stay tan, let the love remain. / & i swear that i’ll always paint you.

there are teeth marks on everything he loves.

behind our house in the marshy lawn, he'd always hold my head under the water a little too long. / ’cuz he wanted me to be all guts, no glory. / “all survivor, no guilt” he said.

sometimes i ignore you, so i feel in control. / ‘cause really, i adore you, & i can’t leave you alone.

my body’s covered in teeth marks, your bite’s worse than your bark. / you ruin everything you touch, & destroy anyone you love.