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hate (this is a really wimpy title)
and it’s the choking
on water when
lungs just collapse—
THEY JUST COLLAPSE—
and it’s crazy
veins popping
head aching
screaming
don’t you know don’t you know
DON’T YOU KNOW?
and Love,
I don’t, because
I spent six long years
—the six l.o.n.g.e.s.t years of my life—
DROWNING
my brain in my sorrows and my god
I’m such a stereotype,
don’t you know
DON’T YOU KNOW?
listenlistenlisten because THIS IS
LOVE,
darling, listen to me, this is love
and it’s that under the water
I am
B e a u t i f u l,
Don’t you know?
I am beautiful under the water
because under the water I do
not understand
because
because
because
h a t e doesn’t
hate doesn’t
HATE DOESN’T EXIST.
listenlistenlisten
I do not understand because
I can’t hear
hate
Because under the water
hate
is just a word
(It’s just a word!)
and I can’t hear hate—words don’t exist,
they don’t exist under the water.
u.n.d.e.r
t.h.e
w.a.t.e.r
i am beautiful, love, i am beautiful.
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