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I fear pain, but I wear it for the story
It's easier to love when
the worst case is having a
funny story to retell at bars.
It makes more sense to believe when
truth left untold will never
make it into the final edit.
It's almost too easy to draw blood when
I tell myself the red is just
footnotes in my story—
It's a relief to be forgetful when
I know my mind will kindly fog
the heartwrenching memories someday...
It sometimes worries me when
blood runs dry on my arms
and pain settles back in—
that the footnotes will
drown my voice in the margins...
But it makes pain less monstrous
when I'm just living through my story.
Copyright ©
Jasmine Tsai
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