If love did not exist I would be so goddamn sane my poems w… - Andrea Gibson

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If love did not exist I would be so goddamn sane my poems would be billboards. Suburbia would be enough. I would not have to gut myself to find my spine crushed into powder and brushed on her cheekbones. My hair would not be a hummingbird’s nest. My mind would not have to move so fast to rest.

Andrea Gibson

The Madness Vase · September 15, 2011 Verified in 1 source Sign up to see the complete provenance

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I could never trust anyone who's well adjusted to a sick society.

My mother used to knit my mittens
too big so they'd still fit me when
I grew. I wore them and I'd look
like what I wasn't yet. I feel that
sometimes when I'm writing my poems.
They don't yet fit. Ever feel like
the best of you is something you're
still hoping to grow into?

I said to the the sun
'Tell me about the big bang'

The sun said
'It hurts to become

If love did not exist I would be so goddamn sane my poems would be billboards. Suburbia would be enough. I would not have to gut myself to find my sp… - Andrea Gibson

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