paper hearts

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i decorate my room--
not my bedroom, but
the room inside my
mind-- with a string of
lights and paper hearts

it's a pretty sight,
until the fairy lights
set my paper hearts
alight with flames and
everything is a mess
of burnt out bulbs
and ashes in my hair

i wish i'd left those
damn walls bare

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