While I refuse to give in to your ridiculous demands,<\/p>\n
I\u2019ll spend the night trying<\/p>\n
to write something worth your eyes<\/p>\n
Listening to brave songs and Baudelaire<\/p>\n
murmuring in the corner<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
Unfortunately you\u2019ll soon find out that chasing isn\u2019t a two-way street<\/p>\n
but apathy might be, and when you turn<\/p>\n
you\u2019ll find I\u2019m not the trick in the book you thought I was<\/p>\n
and only half as naiive<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
I can stand pitch perfect in the rising dark<\/p>\n
your stones will stick in my throat, but I won\u2019t give you the words<\/p>\n
I spent all night with, in case you use them<\/p>\n
It\u2019s obvious that someone else forgot to be here<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
I thought that the plant in the corner of the garden<\/p>\n
was dying, because I put it in crooked and it never gets water<\/p>\n
but look; now it\u2019s got two purple flowers<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
I\u2019ll see you prop his book open<\/p>\n
to the page that extols the virtues of the terminally drunk<\/p>\n
and I\u2019ll hide my notes<\/p>\n
and turn off the music<\/p>\n
and pour my wine into the soil.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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