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Why Masochists Celebrate Valentine's Day

I wanted to write you the same love poem today, but I forgot the words. As I began to etch them onto paper, my fingertips grew heavy, and nostalgia crept in like a lonely cadaver on a stainless steel platter. I've been writing the same poem for too many years, and the butterfly of my heart has finally folded in on itself.

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Date: 11/10/2015 10:24:00 AM
Hi, Felicia...you keep rolling them out. Are these new or from the treasure trove of your recent hurt? Either way, they show great imagery.
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Lin Lane
Date: 11/10/2015 10:41:00 AM
lol ok...but it's mine! just kidding...words belong to all of us.
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Feli Elizab
Date: 11/10/2015 10:38:00 AM
Hi Lin, some are new, some are old and have been re-worked. I've recently just started writing again after a year's hiatus. Thank you so much for your kind words again. (By the way, I love that: "treasure trove of your recent hurt" - That should be a poem in itself :)

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