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inflorescence

escaping reality

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escaping reality

my aspirations were once small because i listened to you and never me. stuck in the brilliance of my teeth, you spread rot, decay, insecurities, and dismay. i was empty; an aching tooth never relieved until i tore you out and let my gums scab and bleed...   https://www.amazon.com/inflorescence-Mecca-Amirah-Jackson/dp/1981171738/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1519606102&sr=8-1&keywords=mecca-amirah+jackson&dpID=41nCi3%252B9JDL&preST=_SY291_BO1,204,203,200_QL40_&dpSrc=srch

Poetry

maybe if i

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maybe if i

maybe if i lived in a city where leaves never expire and the waters tremble and sigh, maybe i would always find solstice knowing that every day will be the same. paradise should sound appealing but isn’t strife what births my creative might? would i be able to write so hauntingly, so real, so open [...]

Poetry

i just

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i just

i’ve stopped dreaming about/ looking out for you in the crowd. the clouds; i don’t count the stars between us anymore; i just count, i just dream, i just aspire to become greater things without being entangled. you were a distraction-unhealthy and throbbing like a poison; ive found other passions, other men who know how [...]

Poetry

let’s harmonize

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let’s harmonize

maybe if you loved a little harder and i loved a little smarter, maybe we wouldn’t have to sit down so seriously and talk about such tiring things. you once saw my tragedy and named it beauty; i saw the opposite–i saw a lost soul and built it a home between the valley of my [...]