Childhood Sweetheart

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White walls, white floor
Brown, mustard door.
I like to turn the door knobs
As quickly as I can.

Stretchy long corridors
And a careless Apple core
On my faded, empty desk.
You left it there.

After you pulled my squeaky drawers,
Called me a dirty whore
And tore up the precious Polaroids
I bought for you.

I bought for you; blue
Sweaters and a trip to the zoo,
You laughed, it was sunny,
-I cried in my room.

I would have liked silence,
So you could hear compliance.
My compliance to you
And your rules.

White walls, white floor
Shiny, stainless steel door.
I like to feel the coldness,
The coldness of my heart.

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