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i.
there is frostbite in my veins and
i'm trying to remember that this isn't a race but
i can't help feeling like i'm always second place and
i just wish i didn't need people.
ii.
bitterness runs through me like blood
and i am b
l
e
e
d
i
n
g
jealousy
out.
and god, i am so hypocritical but hey,
at least i'm honest.
iii.
i could word vomit into every notebook i own
and come up shaking,
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seven light-years of bad luck
you could fit a galaxy
in the purple beneath my eyes
the day sagittarius made me
the target in his mind.
cancer killed my grandmother;
aquarius ran dry;
libra lost her balance
and fell out of the sky.
pisces fell for orion,
hook, line, and sinker;
perseus claims that
he's just a social drinker.
leo can no longer roar;
gemini don't get along;
lyra refuses to play another song.
aries and taurus got into a fight,
and still they battle night after night
while virgo prays to the gods
that everything will be all right.
boötes is screaming
while canis sleeps,
because the poor dog is tired
of herding sheep.
cygnus and pegasus
stand side by sid
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caused the (acci)dent in my heart
there's no amount of caution signs
to warn of the slip-ups i make;
i'm sliding down a four-lane highway
speeding toward the exit sign
when suddenly i can't remember how to drive.
i keep forgetting to signal
when i'm switching emotions
and end up crashing into someone else,
and now i've got all these fines
to pay with no/due/date
so i know i'll never get to them.
maybe i should be making more time
to learn how to control this
but it doesn't really feel worth it
at this point.
i'm tearing through an industrial zone
trying to ignore the construction
when i hit you in a head-on collision.
and now we're something,
and i'm not sure what,
but i k
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