silver earrings she hides the way she really feels behind ornamental decoration nothing fake about them but nothing real about them either put them on to feel a little better about insecurities she think she’s dealt with insecurities she thinks she can hide they’re still there the insecurities and the earrings silver
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forgotten garden shoes The garden is blue blue as can be. Nobody seems to care about me. I’m melting away into the earth All brittle and grey no value or worth.
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The Frog Bandit It all started at Timmy Westerburg’s fifth birthday party. After Timmy’s mom had cut the cake, the kids were walking around holding plates and sporting frosting-smeared faces. One little girl came up to Steve and me while we were sitting on a log by the patio. She seemed older than Timmy and […]
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