happiness doesn’t last
that shadow and the lips
curl into a sneer—
it was only a matter of time
until you betrayed me again.
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You are breaking my heart right and left, Joe
i’ve become practiced at rebreaking things… 🙄🙏🥰
What’s that Japanese or no… wait… Chinese… damn it… thing, where if a clay pot breaks, they use gold to fix it?? Yeah, that thing. That’s what you do.
lol i have no idea but i love where you’re going with it! 😍