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October 6, 2018
By starryeyedlove GOLD, Lebanon, Connecticut
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Favorite Quote:
keep fighting, fighter

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you are not toxic.

i am not toxic.

together?

we are toxic.

because,

i’m a bottle of cola

and you are a bottle of mentos

we are both sweet,

quiet,

mellow

on our own.

but,

when i put you

inside my heart,

we were bound to explode.

and i tried to

put my cap back on

and keep you with me,

but, a bandaid

can’t stop

a bullet.

and one day,

the force and pressure

became too much

and we exploded.

and now,

we have to pick up

our broken pieces.

-because sometimes,

people are toxic together

but safe apart

© Vivian T., San Francisco, CA

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you and i are toxic together, but a breath of fresh air apart

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