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It Swallows


She said that love had left her,

going out the door without ever righting her, never writing her.

She said that love had left her,

nothing left for she left for,

that ocean blue where waves are true,

& if the water swallows you, she said,

"Let it swallow me too."

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nickaayy
<p>I also have this poem posted on my tumblr at tumblr.com/nickaayy</p>

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