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one drink.
you feel okay, nothing is bad, you have your future ahead of you.

two drink.
everything is funny and you are holding hands with the boy who was your first playdate in kindergarten. his name is edmund.

three drink.
your stomach feels like a shaken up bees nest and you cant keep your hands off edmund. your makeup has been running from all the tears from laughing so hard at edmund's college stories. hes standing outside with you as you smoke your first and probably last cigarette.

four drink.
edmund wants to take you home. you're getting loud and youre crying a lot, but you dont know why. you have this strong empty feeling in the pit of your stomach. you cant speak straight; so you point to another drink.

five drink.
he finally takes you home and as your in the passenger seat of his acura, you can smell his leather seats. hes got his hand on your inner thigh and you feel uncomfortable but hes nice enough to take you home so you dont say anything. he smells like lavender oil and you reek of vomit and vodka. you cant go home so you go to his place. you stay at his place, where hes touching you in spots only your girlfriend touches; and as you plead for him to stop he squeezes your throat a little too hard.

-may 18th, 2008

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