Where the Stars Used to Sit |sᴛʀᴀʏ ᴋɪᴅs
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I'm not afraid of you now
Villain and violent, infant and innocent
Baby, both arms cradle you now
Both arms cradle you now
Mystery of lack
Stabbing stars through my back
Forwards, beckon, rebound
Forwards, beckon, rebound
Forwards, beckon, rebound
forwards beckon rebound by Adrianne Lenker
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𝚆𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚔𝚒𝚍𝚜 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚗𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚛 𝚖𝚊𝚍𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚖 𝚙𝚛𝚘𝚞𝚍.
𝚆𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚘𝚗𝚎𝚜 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚋𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚔 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚛𝚞𝚕𝚎𝚜 𝚠𝚎 𝚕𝚒𝚟𝚎 𝚝𝚘 𝚜𝚝𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚘𝚞𝚝.
𝚆𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚘𝚗𝚎𝚜 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚗𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚛 𝚐𝚊𝚟𝚎 𝚊 𝚏𝚞𝚌𝚔 𝚋𝚘𝚞𝚝 𝚑𝚘𝚠 𝚠𝚎 𝚕𝚘𝚘𝚔, 𝚋𝚘𝚞𝚝 𝚑𝚘𝚠 𝚠𝚎 𝚜𝚘𝚞𝚗𝚍.
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The first to go was Felix. Quietly. No warning.
They said it was his heart. I think it was more than that.
After that, the others started fading too, not all at once, but like dominos falling in slow motion.
I saw that coming. Some left the hospital and never came back. Some stayed until their beds were made by someone else.
By the time I was 13, the hospital was quieter.
By 14, there was just one.