a stab in the dark

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Really, it was like a stab

Cold, hard and quick

Every time I looked the other way

I brushed it off

"It doesn't matter"

Even the words tasted stale

And so I spat them out

Bit by bit

Hoping every last chunk would gt rid of you

It didn't.

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