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11 months ago

i dated a linguistics professor once
& i let him read a few of my poems
& it felt like handing him my heart

& he smiled a beautiful smile
& told me to stop using the word "very" too often

otherwise the poems are beautiful, he said
but what if i feel very very very very very
very very very very very very very very very
very very very very very very very very very
very very very very very very very very very
very very very very very very very very very
very very very very very very very very very
very very very very very very very very very
very very very very very very very very very
very very very very very very very very very
sad?

what word do i use then, professor?

he suggested words like melancholy
& somber
& despondent
& i have since forgotten the rest

but professor,
these words are pretty
these words are too beautiful
for what i am feeling right now

my sadness is too heavy for my heart
& it plays on a loop

is there a word that encapsulates that?

& he looked at me
& he handed me back my heart

- L. V.

L. V., writing in the dark

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