the back of a Band-Aid box to me for fun.
Remove when the wounds start
needing time to breathe, it said.
Bullshit.
If love is a wound, there’s no breathing involved.
It’s more like hyperventilating.
I’m sorry we mistook emotional manipulation for love.
I finished off that half-eaten apricot on your plate
on graduation day because I wanted to swallow something
that had touched your mouth.
Here’s a funny joke without a great punchline: what’s
the difference between love and a nightmare?
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