In that way we were both just like each other. We both allowed too deep of a contrast between our interiors and our exteriors. We both clung to self-… - Saeed Jones

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In that way we were both just like each other. We both allowed too deep of a contrast between our interiors and our exteriors. We both clung to self-assured masks that actually allowed us to cause ourselves more unseen harm.

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About Saeed Jones

Saeed Jones (born November 26, 1985) is an American poet.

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"I don't watch the video
but I can feel it playing

on a loop in a room miles
away from where he keeps

dying behind my eyes. All
I have left are tiny twitches,

small choices. "Please," I beg
alone in the box of my dark,

"I don't want to hurt that way
today. I already hurt that way

yesterday. Please don't kill him
again.

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Being gay can get you killed.

Being a black gay boy is a death wish.

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