Girls I Know

Every girl I know who spun out

Teenage years spent drinking beers

And pills and darts and bleach

We all meet in a new place where nothing feels as good

And nothing feels as bad

That's the choice we made

Chewing off our legs

Going to the farmer's market

Going back to school

Calling up a friend

Going back to bed

Instead of going far away, that place we loved to be

"Anywhere but here, baby," said through grinding teeth

Every girl I know looked beautiful at night

When everything kicked in

When our bodies lost the fight

There are girls who don't come back

And though I loved them then

I would trade it all to have them here

I would give anything

To see her cutting up magazines on my kitchen floor

Smiling to herself, talking and eating well

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I do another boring thing

I brush my teeth, I clean the sink