I’d rake my words across her skin
\nspit gum in her hair
\nand forgive myself because she
\ndid the same and worse to me<\/p>\n
when you’re a child, logic
\nis the enemy of pleasure
\nand age changes only the word
\nfrom “just” to “cruel”<\/p>\n
this is the wheel I’m helpless
\nto break even when I know
\nto do better, be better, think better
\neven when time keeps turning<\/p>\n
because in the end the pattern just repeats<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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