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After every shirt she looks at me and smiles, letting go of air she no longer needs. She laughs after the sweater, knowing I’m gonna tell her it’s too hot for it, knowing she’ll say it’s for the plane and ask “what if the room gets cold?Darnell Lamont Walker
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Once a year I need to hear you tell me how proud you are of me for growing a little more.Darnell Lamont Walker
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I’m not sure what it was or where she sprayed it, but her scent will be the end of the life I loved. And I will find comfort in the simpleness of sitting with her on a Saturday afternoon with nothing else to do.Darnell Lamont Walker
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I didn’t mean to snore in your ear, but I wanted to inhale all of what was wrapped up in the comforter with me.Darnell Lamont Walker
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Drugs are the gateway drugDarnell Lamont Walker
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And you say Paris is gay, but it has its down times. You say go in the spring and not the summer, because watching the autumn creep through the Rive Gauche preparing for winter is hard.Darnell Lamont Walker
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I enabled your tendency to be vulnerable and weak, and your habits of crying when 6, 000 others were present for the music.Darnell Lamont Walker