I know that our drunk slowdancing
\nto the rent soundtrack does not mean
\nthat you will leave your boyfriend, <\/p>\n
but the wizard said it would stop the echo.<\/p>\n
You are a parcel of sawdust I keep
\ninside the tin can of my chest, an empty
\nweight to remind me that I know how <\/p>\n
to fall in love. maybe the only story we get<\/p>\n
is the way your forehead leaned
\nagainst the flat place on my collarbone,
\nthe way we almost kissed, but you <\/p>\n
pulled back at the last moment. I could have <\/p>\n
burst into tears right then, but didn\u2019t want
\nyou to know that I\u2019m a little less than human
\nthese days. I\u2019ve been cleaved in half & left <\/p>\n
to rebuild from the scraps I could find, but I know <\/p>\n
you are just a placeholder, the one
\nwho really could have loved me if timing
\nhad been better, if your sawdust heart <\/p>\n
weren\u2019t lodged in somebody else\u2019s chest. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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