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Good Spirit

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I loved writing the ending of this story more than I could love you,

And maybe it’s for the best that we split before we had anything in common.

The moon echoes my crooked cries, but I’m unsure who I should be grieving.

Maybe you were a good spirit that I was just not able to summon.

Maybe our first waltz under the stars was meant to be our last dance,

But I don’t trust fate more than I trust people who claim to adore me.

The moon dives towards the green planet as I watch in slight horror,

Cursing myself for not being kind enough to tell you my bitter “sorry”.

-Jackie

Someday

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Someday I’ll learn to deface the things that hurt me most.

Someday I’ll defeat the urge to assign my problems meaning.

Someday I’ll admit that my worst angles deserve a toast,

And someday I’ll be happy just because I’m still breathing.

-Jackie

Misused

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Step on that line, cross that bridge,

Smudge the paint, pull out the stitch.

I dream about your ice-cold singes

And being stuck in a misused glitch.

Kill the messenger on their path,

Break their neck in seven places.

You bleed me dry in a bubble bath,

So dry I don’t even leave a trace.

-Jackie

Envy

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I envy the humans who have another cheek to turn

Because vengeance is the one thing keeping me alive,

And if I didn’t have bad blood in my veins,

I wouldn’t sit here all charming and well-spoken.

I envy the souls that don’t have to keep doing this.

Yes, perhaps that sounds morbid and bitter,

But I know my honesty doesn’t make a difference,

So I keep spilling words like cheap drinks at a bar.

-Jackie

Unphased

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These memories taste distant and blissful.

They dissolve like sugar in hot water

Until I no longer miss you.

These tiny eternities we are setting ablaze,

They cry for the moon,

But it remains dark and unphased.

-Jackie

Red Red Red

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Affluent neighborhoods shake in horror.

Bile drips down necks and silent lips.

I did not push you to do the worst thing,

Yet you pushed me with your red fingertips.

-Jackie

The Rat King

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The bridges warm me up as they’re burning down.

It was your decision to stay in this cursed town.

Papers float in the air, and they prove you’re guilty.

Come and get me, Rat King.

Make sure that you kill me.

-Jackie

My Tomorrows

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Spellbinding moments turn into graveyards,

Turn into castles,

Turn into stones.

Why is this story still going backwards?

Did I lose hope?

Did I end up alone?

I loved and I lost you in the deep waters.

The hills echoed screams,

But not the sorrow.

If I had one piece of soul to barter,

I would give it up.

Take all my tomorrows.

-Jackie

For The Hopeless

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Put the animal in a cage

and put your pulsating rage in my pocket.

I cannot escape the heatwaves,

but I can empty my eye sockets.

Put the cynic in a cathedral

and play ethereal songs on loop.

We are really not making strides,

we are just stuck on an endless hoop.

-Jackie

Killing Dart

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When I knew there was no light left in my windows

And there was no steel left in my sinking heart,

I let the streets know the name of my only traitor.

Not even the wind could catch that killing dart.

-Jackie