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(The beginning of my future poetry)

I acknowledge who you really were for the first time

I didn’t call you by any other name

I let you know that I knew the true nature of your heart

That it was evil

And that it convinced me that darkness was real

That the devil is a real devil

And that monsters don’t always know that they’re monsters

But projection is an amazing thing

After you left and burned the house down

You convinced me that it was I that was holding the matches

You told me that I didn’t know who I was

But I do

I love rose gardens

I plant flowers every time somebody leaves me

I love the great sequoias of Yosemite

And if you ask my sister to describe the first thing she thinks of when she thinks of me

She would say

Campfire smoke

I’m gentle

I’m funny when I’m drunk

But I haven’t been drunk in 14 years

I go on trips with my friends to the beach who don’t know that I’m crazy

I can do that

I can do anything