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Naivety

The naivety is over.
Now we must put our little toys away
and stop playing house.
This is the real thing,
and I won’t fool around anymore.
Not with you.

You threw around the words
“I love you”
as if they were no more than water
as if you really didn’t know
their value.

But this isn’t a game,
and when I get hurt
kissing it
won’t make it better.


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