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i am hopeless and you are hopeless and together we have hope

we are lying on the carpet in the living room

dust motes moil and rumble in idle waves-

lit by the warm orange beams of the low winter sun

dust is hair and skin and everything that is lost

i have been falling apart for some time.

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â—„ diner

sad/beautiful â–º

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Laura Taylor

Thu 5th May 2016 11:30

Moil. Mmmm. Moil. Thanks for new word :D

Great last line - so clever.

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