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Bloody Noses

By jpgasp

Wed, 22 Mar 2017
  • 387 reads
 

Mental illness waits for none,

but stays for many.  

 

It’s like the gnat that buzzes in your ear

in summertime.

 

But it’s also like the soccer ball to your face

in 5th grade.

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