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midnight.
it is midnight and the clocks are chiming in the almost-silence. the sky feels like rain and somewhere, some girl is dancing and laughing and smiling, but she's certainly not me.
our hearts are cold. they've been sleeping, curled into themselves for too long without a blanket or a pillow or a smile to fall back on. it's midnight and the sky feels like rain and there's going to be a storm later,
but it won't match the storms inside, that's for sure.
we are biting our nails, smiling and pretending nothing is wrong and saying, yes, darling, i'll get rid of this horrible habit in the morning. it'll all be better tomorrow,
except it's midnight
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give me something poetic.
like the way the grass
sparkles
at dawn. scratch that,
too cliche. say,
shush, close your eyes
see the dawn
then forget. forget
because forgetting
is poetic. remember
your grandmother, sick
in the hospital, saying
the old should be beautiful.
this deserves
remembering.
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Deviant Means Love
Many people think of "deviant",
As a bad, horrible thing,
But I know quite a few of them,
And that's not what I see
I see reflections in each one,
Of who I myself am,
And I have lost count,
Of how many who have helped me stand
To me, "deviant" means "love",
No matter what language you speak,
That's why we are all here,
Enjoying each others company
We discover new worlds,
And explore the same
We live to create,
We live to change
Some people feel that "deviants",
Should be shunned and abhorred,
And for those, I say a bleak future,
Is all they have in store
While none of us are perfect,
And God knows we disagree,
Everyone of us can thank a "de
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I hear people say all the time that they think their poetry is "too emo."
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Very well said! 
