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Jealousy

Jealousy overcomes me like an anaconda suffocating my prideful puffed penguin chest and the thought of your hand running across the skin of someone else is grievous So uncomfortable, I feel a wave of something wearisome, and it's left a skunky sour taste in my mouth, nauseas at the fact that you could look that way.... at someone ELSE A wave of irritability floods over me like a tsunami of self doubt, I take my aggression out on myself curse obscenities to numb the guilt of my defeat in all interpersonal relationship realms I know that I will never measure up to the standards of perfection, that I have daydreamed up I feel like a child reaching up to the cookie counter, but I can never manage to reach that perfection shelf

Copyright © | Year Posted 2010




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Date: 10/1/2010 10:18:00 PM
Oh, you're good Laura!! You are good! Totally enjoyed this! Goes to my favorites! Love, Audrey
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Date: 6/14/2010 11:06:00 AM
You convey the nauseating feeling of jelousy perfectly in this poem, really well written. Regards, Gavin.
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Date: 6/13/2010 9:03:00 PM
A picture painted in my mind Love Roger
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Date: 6/12/2010 9:01:00 PM
Nice expressions on jealousy
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