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What am I supposed to say?
That the days have been long?
That I've picked up your bad habits -
that I cough up my stress
and flush it down the sink?
That I decipher strangers' faces
for a sense of wholeness?

Is it too late to want a mother's love?

I find I'm swimming against the wave.

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