i:
Yellow jackets have their nests in the ground so they can
give their stingers to everyone
below three foot tall & never feel alone.
ii:
When I die
I want to be cremated to make room for another
five foot, four inch tall girl to live.
iii:
The woman who shall love you second
will not have the same size anything as me, not even my
heart.
iv:
when will there be more people alive
than people who have
died already
v:
You breathe 25,000 times a day
& only expect to
love once in your life.
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opals
PoetryA gemstone made of a hundred different ones, a gemstone with fire inside. He never finished his cigarette, put it out on my palm. I became an opal. Flashes of red, pink, sweet petals of flesh. I will love myself as soon as I can learn to love the un...
