Smother

I don't need all this attention 
Caused by some miscomprehension; 
I can feel the anvil pressing down 
To smother me like this is. 
Such contact lingers cloying, 
Out of order, so annoying; 
I am being buried underground, 
Don't smother me with kisses. 

I desire greater space, 
Cannot stand it in my face; 
Claustrophobia billows in my head 
To smother me so sweetly. 
Understand I seek reprieve, 
Back off slightly, let me breathe; 
Or friendship is as good as dead: 
Don't smother me completely.

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