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Dec 16
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Sydney_Kulis

maybe not

sk

crush
(verb)
to deform, pulverize or force inwards by compressing forcefully

that’s how my body felt every time he walked by
pulverized and compressed.
every inch of my being all of a sudden unable to function,
is this why it is called a crush?
because you literally feel like you are being crushed?

just him, his whole being,
being wonderful,
being kind,
being him.
crushing me
the cold snow on by back as we lay next to each other on the snow,
under the moon,
me seeing shooting stars
him not.
me shivering
him not
me being in love
him
maybe
not.

 
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Posted: 12.16.18
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  1. Worlds.Within.Words
    Dec 17, 2018

    I'm not sure what it was about the last three words being on separate lines, but it just GOT me. A teacher I once had said that the end of a poem should be like a door clicking closed, and you did just that. Nice work!

    "I say I want to save the world but really/I want to write poems all day"
    -Dorothea Lasky

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