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Hey, are you a boy or a — never mind, can I have a push on the swing?” And some day, y’all, when we grow up, it’s all gonna be that simple.

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Andrea Gibson
Age: 49
Born: 1975
Born: August 13
Poet
Calais
Maine
Andrew Gibson
Boys
Grows
Simple
Swing
Mind
Swings
Never
Hey
Push
Gonna
Grow

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A doctor once told me I feel too much. I said, so does god. that’s why you can see the grand canyon from the moon.
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and I wonder if Beethoven held his breath the first time his fingers touched the keys the same way a soldier holds his breath the first time his finger clicks the trigger. We all have different reasons for forgetting to breathe.
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We all have bullets beneath our skin we pray our lovers won't flinch at when they find.
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We're boxed in and labeled before we're ever able to speak who we believe we are or who we dream we'll become.
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Before I die, I want to be somebody’s favorite hiding place, the place they can put everything they know they need to survive, every secret, every solitude, every nervous prayer, and be absolutely certain I will keep it safe. I will keep it safe.
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Your ignorance keeps dismembering every piece of patience I have left.
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Cause I might be naked and lonely Shaking branches for bones But I'm still time zones away From who I was the day before we met You were the first mile Where my heart broke a sweat And I wish you were here I wish you'd never left But mostly I wish you well I wish you my very very best.
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Yesterday i carved your name into the surface of an ice cube then held it against my chest til it melted into my aching pores today i cried so hard the neighbors knocked on my door and asked if I wanted to borrow some sugar.
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Every lover is a storm chaser. Every good heart has lost its roof.
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This is my body. It is no one's but mine.
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If love did not exist, I would be so goddamn sane.
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What Gods do you believe in? I'll build you a temple of mirrors so you can see them.
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Yes, I like girls Yes, I like boys I like boys who like boys I like girls who wear toys and girls who don't I like girls who don't call themselves girls Crew cuts or curls or that really bad hair phase in between.
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Love isn't always magic. Sometimes it's just melting.
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My mouth is a fire escape. The words coming out don’t care that they are naked. There is something burning in there.
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My heart is a parachute that has never opened in time.
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But when I thought I hit bottom, it started hitting back.
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