bodies converging<\/p>\n
through the hopelessly entangled web<\/p>\n
of furtive glances,<\/p>\n
coffee shop catastrophes,<\/p>\n
crashing crescendos of passion and negliegence<\/p>\n
melancholy and softness<\/p>\n
harshness and rage;<\/p>\n
a deranged drama that unravels us<\/p>\n
piece by aching piece – –<\/p>\n
yet we keep hungrily pursuing the next act<\/p>\n
chasing phantoms of our collective expectations<\/p>\n
hoping for something real<\/p>\n
somebody real<\/p>\n
that we may feel the unified beating of emboldened hearts and honest souls:<\/p>\n
unique fragments becoming a whole:<\/p>\n
the crux of our lives<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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