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and I know I speak like my heart was broken last night

even though it happened last January,

when I thought I was numb from the cold

but I was numb for you

and sometimes everything you left behind cuts into

my tongue and I find myself choking up your name

even though it's been three months since you've called

and i'm not sure how your voice still plays in my head

when I can't even remember how it sounds

and there are scars and bruises all over me that I

could've sworn had faded but everyone looks at me

like i'm about to collapse

and sometimes I kiss boys who grab me like they

want to break me and I let them because there's

nothing left to break

and sometimes they taste like you

and I used to smile like I wasn't empty

but you're stuck in my head

and in my heart

and underneath my fingernails

and I'm so sorry but you can't stay here

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