when i kissed a boy with your same name:
1.
cigarettes hung on my clothes
and the scent of lilacs lingered in my pores
2.
deception on my lips
but I can still remember the blood on your hands
3.
your fingernails raked across the surface of my brain
and my mind screamed a chorus of no’s
4.
we warmed each other with our bodies
but your name still feels like ice on my tongue
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