I could not come this time and stand on my feet. I just thought of you and sank.
"I'm tough, I'm tough," I told myself...but I fell apart.
Thin arms cling lightly to my sunken chest. I hold my breath.
Your sad eyes droop with hopelessness, and I feel like I'm dying with you.
And I hold your toothpick ribcage. And I pray aloud into your ear, "
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