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I want.


I want Someone who Notices how I always try To alternate which foot hits the cracks On the sidewalk Because he always catches me Doing shit like that And he loves it Because its me Who Won’t let me walk anywhere alone In the dark. Even into the scary Basement Cuz he knows I hate that Who Knows something is wrong Before I even draw a breath Because sometimes I just don’t want To explain Or can’t. Who Tells me when my jokes are stupid But laughs anyways Because he just loves To laugh And because he loves how I laugh Before I am even done telling the stupid joke And Who would rather Watch me doodle in class Than pay attention Not because he doesn’t care about his grades But because the way my hands move And what I decide to draw Tells him about me and Sometimes he wants to learn About me More than he does about school He doesn’t Have to Tell me I always look great Because I don’t And he shouldn’t need to hear Three big words All the time Because he knows And so Will i.
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