20121130: strategy, sieve

Had I had a strategy I would've poisoned you slowly, built up your tolerance, gotten you hooked. I should have refined my feelings, sifted them with the sugar through the sieve and given you a little bit everyday in your morning coffee, but instead I laid it all in front of you, unrestrained, raw, and burning. Had I had a strategy I would've never known that you were already hopelessly addicted.

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a shitty emo poem

alone.

shadowed
heart,
i
tear
through
you.

every
memory
overflows,

pulses
out,
eradicates
me.

20121128: laugh, cocktail

I know it the moment you laugh, covering your braced teeth with your milky cocktail, our relationship will be like them: a late start and achingly painful but potentially perfect.

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Things I Like

1. Lists.
2. Plans and planning.
3. Symbols, metaphors, allusions.
4. Stories.
5. Acquiring items with previous lives.
6. Blank paper.
7. Empty parking lots and open fields.
8. Fog.
9. Thunderstorms.
10. Dappled summer shade.
11. Driving with the windows open on summer nights.
12. Clear star-filled autumn night skies.
13. Hand-knit sweaters and scarves.
14. People watching and silent crowds.
15. Dancing in front of the mirror.
16. Coordinating outfits.
17. Blush and lipstain.
18. Caffeine affected heartbeats.
19. Sleep, dreams, and dreaming.
20. Watching people cook.
21. De-shedding fur and plucking hairs.
22. Dictionaries and thesauruses.