promises

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no.
don't promise to be my friend
forever and ever.

i won't believe you.

promises
are
meaningless
words
scribbled
on
scraps
of
paper
and
strung
together
in
an
equally
meaningless
chain
(when you make them, anyway).

a promise
doesn't have
to be
spoken aloud.

don't 'befriend'
me unless
you really
mean it.

and don't
think for
one second
i can't
tell how
much you
think i'm
an embarrassment
to society.
(it's not okay, even if i think the same)

so maybe i'm
kind of
maybe
still a little kid
playing dumb games
with her weird friends.

but i know
what the popular people are like.
and i'd rather
be with the weird ones.
because the popular people
are all gits.
shallow, fake, lying gits.
(so maybe there's a better word, but i can't think of it)

and do you think
we haven't noticed
how you've left us
hanging there,
like we
don't exist?
(well, we have)

and
guess
what
?
i
'
m
not
your
friend
anymore.
(though i think we both knew it for a long time)
it's official.

you broke the biggest promise one person can make:
friendship.
(why do i even think you'd ever listen to this? you wouldn't)

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