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Bruce must have heard my
brain ticking those dangerous thoughts,
because he was back.
Oh, he was a sucker for naivety and
temptation, and everybody knows that I had
loads.
“I heard you needed me.”
He told me from the shadows he hid in.
“I don’t need you.” I said.
It was the biggest lie I’d ever told anybody,
aside from all the bullshit I was already telling
myself.