we're a game of twister under a game of sorry. we're in front of scrabble but there's nothing ahead because you don't have a clue. and i'm tired of coming in last but you're tracing where my footprints should be, so i should just give in. everyone knows that, of course [especially if they've ever been under the covers with your russet-cardboard skin that scratches over my tummy like peeled tree bark]. and if they don't, well, i don't want them to learn.
i feel like i'm carrying my hollow past in my backpack which is probably why my spine is crooked. you tried to straighten it out with your tan, bony fingertips but couldn't seem to make everything align. i already knew it wouldn't, your touch is too rough, too unfamiliar. i just wanted to feel you grip something broken of mine to raise the hope that maybe you will come around and fix it all. maybe you'll just take out a needle and fix it all like you never were the cause. but i've been alive for too long to believe in hope, and i've learned by now that if you have no hope, you'll never lose. i can't lose again.
and i miss you like shards of broken rain cutting against my cheekbones but i just can't be alone. i know all too well. i know you too well. you know me too well. you can tell i'm dying to kiss you again.
you can tell that my new skin is a bandage for what we'd done. you know this look in my eyes, you know it, you do. and i know that look in yours so i'm smart enough to know what you're dying to say.
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i feel like i need another sentence to complete it, but i'm a little unsure.
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