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August 14, 2014
By itsverybeautifuloverthere GOLD, Hackensack, New Jersey
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"Parting is all we know of Heaven, and all we need of Hell" -Emily Dickinson

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My fuse is a short one.
My trigger, sensitive.
And while my blood boils,
My shoulders freeze.

My anger must be an odd number
For my temper has never been even.
But this fire doesn’t start on it’s own.
It’s lit by your matchbook words.
Brightened by your gasoline looks
And heated by your stone-cold silence.

© Katherine A., San Antonio, TX

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