I'm Sorry You're Missing

—all this.
You'd love it,
but you lost
personality privileges
when you bargained against
the middle of my chest,
never starting
compressions
even though it was you
who shocked me into 
an arrest. 

I'm still 
trying 
to break free of—
Copyright © | Year Posted 2025

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June 24, 2025 at 6:48 PM
I really think this is very cleverly done, and deep, too. :)
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