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April 30, 2015
By snailkisses PLATINUM, Malden, Massachusetts
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"so you're tired of living, and you feel like you might give in? well don't. it's not your time." - a better place a better time // streetlight manifesto

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She tells me a trash can in Montana
is better than any apartment in a Boston suburb
I ask her, What’s so bad about a trash can?
Why don’t we just go, figure the details out once we get there?

The details
She laughs
Yeah, the details
Food, water, shelter …

We do this dance,
the duet of the dreamer and the realist
She tells me she needs to be there to keep me close to the ground
Just as much as I need to keep her from sinking too far into it

Love is cliché, love is stupid
And all my life I’ve resented the thought of it
But dear god
A trash can in Montana is better than anywhere without her

© Anna K., Portland, OR

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JRaye PLATINUM said...
on Aug. 27 2015 at 9:20 pm
JRaye PLATINUM, Dorr, Michigan
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&quot;If you build your house far enough away from Trouble, then Trouble will never find you.&quot;<br /> <br /> &quot;Have you ever looked fear in the face and said, &#039;I just don&#039;t care.&#039;?&quot;

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OH MY GOODNESS that's awesome! So happy for ya!
snailkisses PLATINUM said...
on Aug. 26 2015 at 8:40 pm
snailkisses PLATINUM, Malden, Massachusetts
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&quot;so you&#039;re tired of living, and you feel like you might give in? well don&#039;t. it&#039;s not your time.&quot; - a better place a better time // streetlight manifesto

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you called it!! haha
JRaye PLATINUM said...
on May. 7 2015 at 9:46 pm
JRaye PLATINUM, Dorr, Michigan
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&quot;If you build your house far enough away from Trouble, then Trouble will never find you.&quot;<br /> <br /> &quot;Have you ever looked fear in the face and said, &#039;I just don&#039;t care.&#039;?&quot;

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This is a love poem, but it doesn't completely feel like a "LOOOOVE" poem, you know? You're not trying to sell some mushy fairy tale. You're telling a modern day, realistic love story, and DEAR God, it is so beautiful! This will be in the magazine, I garentee it, calling it right now. Amazing.
theblondechick GOLD said...
on May. 7 2015 at 9:27 am
theblondechick GOLD, Kingsport, Tennessee
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I want to live and feel all the shades, tones, and variations of mental and physical experience possible in life. <br /> And I am horribly limited. <br /> -Sylvia Path

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Love this. Love this. Love this. Heartwarmingly true.