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To The Stars
We Jumped and jumped hoping to reach low earth orbit
But all that happened was you hit your head on a wall
Off to the emergency room we went
You also got a visit from the tooth fairy I heard.
Now we just sit around and laugh about it
Onwards to new stories we marched
You smiled a small gap in your teeth and your blonde hair scattered around
We were at a party
The air smelled of hormones,sweat and and awkwardness of children trying to find their way.
One of the more ignorant children came and asked us
“Are you guys a thing or not really?”
She smiled and looked down to my hand, Quickly and swiftly she took it like a pickpocket takes a wallet.
“Yeah we are” I pulled you closer to my body you laughed a little at how I sounded confused
You smiled and clinged onto my hand that night
I was too scared to make a move
In the end it was always you who went in for the kill
“I smiled at you” As the roads passed by we were going somewhere new somewhere we decided we wanted to go long ago.
We sat in the moonlight looking over an ocean of trees
“Free from the tyranny of our parents” you said while licking off flour form a twinkie
A food that was forbidden in your household
This era of freedom woud last the rest of our lives
The only time I ever made the first shot was when I asked you question
a question that could change your last name
a question that could combine our profits
a question that could give us a tax break
a question that would make us one
“will you marry me?” I said on one knee that Had accidentally landed on a nail
But I ignored the pain and waited for an answer
“yes” as you hugged me and kissed me
And gave me a smile I would soon not forget
We moved into our house a house with mahogany floor boards that smelled like honey
but tasted like chemicals
one night in bed you asked if I wanted a family
The answer was the same as when I asked you to marry me
Yes
It sadly turned out that you were the polar opposite of what the nile river was like
A minor set back to you a shotgun round to the chest for me
But you picked up the phone and called for an appointment with an adoption agency
We got a kid who turned out alright in the end
We grew old and absent minded
you degenerated into a person that I did not know
Not the same lady I knew that hit her head up on the ceiling trying to reach the stars
Finally the time came when you were in a hospital bed dyeing
The beeping being the only sign that I knew you were alive
The kid who turned out alright convinced me to pull the plug
And you faded into the abyss
And I stayed alive in the fluorescent lit room
Thinking that maybe your soul bounced into space on that hospital bed
Hopefully I can see you one day
But for now
Goodnight and I hope the tooth fairy didn't pay you a visit on your way out.
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