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elissanelson
You really shouldn't try so hard. It never works. I've been trying to tell you this your whole life--but it's like you never listen.

I told you when you wanted to be friends with those girls in first grade, then second grade, then third grade--you know, Christy Heiens(more)
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becoming...
Perhapsthis
you proved yourself smart today,
demonstrating that all the times
before, when you didn't raise your hand
it was out of fear, or laziness,
and neither is forgivable, so really,
you shouldn't try.
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underach... | fatherly...
amygabb
Sometimes I just shouldn't try
to read minds
sorry, it's a bad habit
that I'm trying to break
because what I get through all the static
are comments I'd rather not hear (more)
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shouldn'... | poetry | this is ...
tkess
Movements slowed, thoughts drift, head lost
Whisky drank, punch-drunk, room dark
Streetlights on, TV off, radio low
Nothing’s right, everything’s wrong, nothing left
Night falls, ghostly blanket, minds dull
Cool chill, cold shoulders, hot air (more)
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Life