what happened after me?

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after you?
well, let's see
after you,

1. I didn't go back to church.
2. I spent two hours beside the tracks everyday.
3. I go to the convenience store alone
4. I learn about long division. it isn't that hard
5. I meet two boys.
6. I only love one
7. something emerges from the forest (it looked like you)
8. I meet my father, he has a cat
9. and you meet yours
10. mama cries for two summers

after you,

11. I don't shed a tear
12. I find a dead body
13. I dig up your grave
14. I live in an attic
15. I find my voice
16. I get your name tattooed onto my skin
17. I grow up as much as I can
18. I still taste the bottom of your vans from where you stepped on my tongue
19. I still see the hole you made from when you ripped it out of the ground
20. I kiss all the mouths, all of the mouths that maim me

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