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XIII

you greet me
with a warm (cold)
welcome and i step
into your waiting embrace,
i can feel the stiffness
in your arms
but i don't care because
i'm ready for your hair
to tickle my cheek
as you whisper in my ear
but this time
it doesn't come
so i laugh before
stepping from your loose
grip and spilling out the
words clawing at my mouth

'minseok, my dear,
you love me don't you?'
my pearly white teeth
glint at you as i speak
and for the first time,
you look me in the face
and tell me the nasty truth
'no, i don't'
my throat bursts into a
chuckle and tears slip
from my synthetic eyes,
the ones that i had changed
specifically for you
'you were meant to lie'
my voice came out as a
whisper, so delicate

against my real, ugly sobs
'tell me that you love me!'
i press your dirty lips
to my artificial ones
but this time,
you don't kiss me back
and my smile is more like
a grimace because the
new face conceals my true
pain from your vicious eyes;
you slip the wedding band off
from your torturous finger
and hurtful words fall
from your tainted mouth
'i can't (pretend to) love
someone who isn't real'