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I'll be honest it took me a few times to read, but in those few times I felt alot of grief, slight bitterness, but mostly just a sad blue feeling. Resonated really nice for me.

faces through phone screens
don't ring the same as a kiss,
or the blessing of holding a hand
to say hello, goodbye
to tell you that you're loved,
that you are, that you have been

the neighbour spoke with dour eyes
when I told her what was going on.
it's hard isn't it? it's not easy, huh?
I have books, if you need them?
thank you but don't worry, 
I'm writing my own

it's hard to shift the thought that you're
someones failed imagination.
see how that skews when
you learn with absolute clarity
his version isn't your version
and my version won't be theirs

let's all fit on the bed
curl 'round one another
as we whinge about the football
or skip past the twelve o'clock news
because nothing else is going on
just this, in all its sorry glory


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