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Learning How To Survive
November 25, 2014
for all the nights I
spent on the floor,
with a vacant
stomach, and a crowded heart;
for every close-fitting t-shirt
that I wore
four days in a row,
and every pair of
battered jeans I
wore twice as long
as I should have;
for all the thoughts doodled
on dirty napkins, and on
sweaty palms, and on
the backs of old receipts;
for all the nights denying me sleep,
all the times I was deprived of hope,
and cigarettes smoked way past the filter;
I can finally say,
I am learning how to
survive.
© Lindsay S., Billings, MT
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