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breathing: it's the hardest thing to do
when your love is amputated from you

the operation begins
when you first turn your back
Trust straps you to the stretcher
the cutting fears
once you have opened your eyes
Lust unbridled makes the round incision

drowning: it's an easy thing to do
when your love bleeds all over you

hands reach in
and pull it out
put it in your face
and laugh as you pass out
when it's done
and you pay the bill
stumble back on track
and hear the laughing still

crying: it's what you continue to do
when your love falls down without you

the cleaning begins
when you get up off your back
Reality takes firm grip in your mind
the hardening starts
once you have dried your eyes
Finality infects your thoughts now

leaving: seems the only thing to do
when your love twitches, dying beside you

when she's in your Memory -- does it hurt?

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