do sneak cigarettes late at night

they pulled my hair at charm school.

they stole my guestbook during rolecall.

p ap er c l i p. + January 28-February 4. 2002 = 10:12 p.m.

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This past week has been full of days in which everything tastes like m e t a l. Hours are hard around the edges. Open my mouth and my words + pauses are acrid.

Yet,

beneath it all,

I am thin wire. toosoft/ too soft.

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