OH GOD, THE POETRY
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It's been a long time since I came back here. Sheepish middle school memories abound. I should be kinder to my younger self, who only ever wanted to love somebody without submitting herself to the awful breaking-open of vulnerability, but god, it's just so embarrassing.
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