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1. There is comfort in routine. 2. Climbing up things is only fun when you know how to get back down. 3. Not drinking enough water can make you grumpy. 4.a. When something is wrong, you have to tell someone, but lashing out doesn't help them understand what's wrong. 4.b.When something's wrong, fixing it may involve outside help (vet/doctor) and that's okay. 5. Guard the ones you love, even if you hate them sometimes. 6. If you love something, hunt it down. 7. Being patient means more peanut butter. 8. Running round and round in circles doesn’t normally get you anywhere. 9. Taking time to smell flowers is okay. 10. Even a vicious and evi

Your back is the coal-sheering ember of burning paper-- I remember your rings ridging your form, every knuckle snatching my last trip from the water. I cannot resurface with the tip of my nose memorizing your every rise; I cannot breathe, knowing your skin will never be familiar. I tattooed you spineless but my knees still have gashes from the nights we prayed together; I miss finding god somewhere between your hips, your lips, lithe - soft - wrapped around my flaming core.