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A sucker for hope

Charles Michael Craven

not alone
on this globe,
but alone
in this mind
and that fact
keeps my stomach in knots
and my head in the clouds
for long enough to miss true happiness
despite the love slapping in my face.

so when she says,
“I love you,”
I don’t believe her
because I’ve said the exact same thing
and not meant it before.

but I kiss her
and hold her
and I even bend her over from
time to time
because deep down,
I hope it is true today
even if she takes it back
tomorrow.

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