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September 27, 2011
By no.name. PLATINUM, Ceres, California
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listen to her babble
but tell me to shut up

tune me out
like I'm not here

tell me I said something wrong
so I can say I'm sorry

how do you expect trust?
when you rarely give it

how am I wrong to want it?
when it should be so easy.

© Katherine A., San Antonio, TX

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I was mad at a friend one day.
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