《how the words come》apology
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i want to be sorry
for the rusty nail
metaphors
and the sloppy
analogies.
i want to regret
all the poetry
that split us open
like a gaping wound.
i want to feel bad
for writing about you.
i want to feel bad
for letting everybody
witness the aftermath
of you, of us.
but i can't be sorry.
i am not sorry
for doing what
i had to do.
i am not sorry
for fixing the damage
you inflicted upon me.
i am not sorry
for writing about you.
i am just sorry
that i had to.
-c.h.
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