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candle

a cloud-like bed
a dresser littered
with photos
a wall painted yellow
covered with art
and a flickering candle
that you blew out
and this is what
we could've had

pride

i try to scream
your name
but my pride
sets me in place
beyond ability
of movement
so i cry when
you don't look

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