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you look at me like i'm insane

i can't tell if i am

if I turned out to be psychotic

would I even be this self-aware?

 

i put on obnoxious amounts of chapstick

cotton candy or strawberry-flavored

it severely drys out my lips

but I know you'll think of me when you see it at the store

 

I always attempt to blow up my life

just because you left me again

you run ever...

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pistons by six

beat-up pickup trucks 

as gray as the sky 

pass by our house

as i stand on our front porch

our lawn

is patchy and uneven

our tree

is leafless and still

our ashtray

is full to bursting 

i wonder if

it will rain soon

i step back inside

you are sitting

on the green couch

in the living room

your hands clasped 

between your knees

i always thought

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supporting the economy

my worth is always fluctuating
you talk to me like I'm worth nothing
but when it's past nine pm I'm priceless
I can't tell if I'm a commodity

you told me you liked me out of the blue
it was almost out of impulse
like that pretty journal, you bought but never used
both are just things that are nice to have around

you didn't need to do that
you had plenty of things at home stuffed in yo...

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