blather
my_boyfriend
town crier head light
i tell them i have a boyfriend
even after the years we've been together
it still spreads numb around the inside of my mouth and out around my neck
back into my mouth: "my boyfriend "... "my boyfriend "... like i have to announce it to ward off the sugar demons
and do i remember what it was like not to have those words as a footnote to my existence
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