yesterday i told my dad i was scared about the reveal he said, "well i'll still love you." he said, "whether you're you, or cornelia, i'll still love you just the same." and i hope you do too. it's time we moved back to munich, or london, or dublin, or wherever it was you came from it's time we got back to our...

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i remember when the always blue sky was once red i remember what dress i was wearing and how it looked just the same how red always has and always will be my favorite color and how few people know that and i remember the fourth of july i'll always remember the fourth of july i remember your jacket and your arms the...

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to you they mean spring but to me they mean winter they mean pink blankets and teacups that hit the ground a little sooner than you hoped they mean teacups and white dogs and every stolen chocolate from grandma's pantry but they mostly mean birthdays her name was adleen and she was 2 and she was almost 3  but she thought she was...

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it's december 5th and everyone has already been asked to preference the only boy i wanted to take has but if he hadn't, i don't even think i would've asked him the last dance i went to was ok. and the one before that was ok. i've never been to a dance where I came back on a cloud higher than I left....

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im lost for words but i'll do my best to find a few: this thanksgiving im mostly thankful for friends and my dog im thankful for my dog, and hidden keys, and basketball games that make your palms sweat and i already regret not going to enough basketball games but "it's just high school" they say "so shoot for the stars" they say...

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my sister won't stop playing frosty the snowman, and i'm trying not to mind. because when i was 12, and resolute, i did just the same. i've played the piano for 12 years now and every day the keys sound more and more like home. i have this one song i've loved since third grade. i think we all have that one song....

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hurricanes are most common during the months of september through december. maybe it's because the weather changes, maybe it's because even the ocean is worried about christmas shopping, and that wouldn't surprise me. hurricanes always seem to hit me in november. maybe it's because the weather changes, maybe it's because of the ACT, i don't know, that wouldn't surprise me either. but this...

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im nothing except numb and cold and torn and speechless i've always wished that i could turn back the clock start over try again and today i got to only an hour, but an hour, an hour is enough we didn't do anything about it though we turned our clocks back an hour, and we did absolutely nothing about it. today was different...

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you are new like snow in november like pink ribbons and light brown hair but i've only ever loved blue eyes prove me wrong about the rest of them ...

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when i was younger my biggest fear was that a shark would eat me while i was in the shower. (don't ask) and i learned in elementary that sharks always attack when they smell blood. whenever i had a bloody nose i would cry. so i ruled out any kind of medical career years ago. i don't know if it's because I lose...

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i miss when pony tails never required bobby pins i hate that i used to complain about 9 am kindergarten, and that pony tails never required bobby pins and nowadays i try not to complain about 7 am high school and at this point I'm holding my whole life together with bobby pins when we depended on everyone except ourselves, and laces, they...

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this is from me to you from a girl who can't sit longer than 30 minutes to a boy who couldn't ever spend just an hour in a dream last wednesday was a breaking point (we all know) last wednesday and the wednesday before and before and before and before and i don't know what it is about wednesdays but maybe it's the...

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a second chance she takes her son to the bus stop she asks for a hug, and if she's lucky she'll get a kiss. she picks up her briefcase and starts walking her car broke down weeks ago she tried to fix it, but that always seemed to make things worse.   she could never find a man to take care of that, or the...

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how to's are for the mommy pinners and the 3rd grade teachers.....but here's to nothing HOW TO PUSH PEOPLE AWAY AND LEAVE THEM THAT WAY 1.                 be hurt or scared or anything but                     happy 2.                 figure out...

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i know i'm human because i get emotional.   but i guess animals do too.   yesterday my dad moved our couch to the other side of the living room, and my dog cried for 20 minutes after realizing he couldn't see out the window. i know i'm human because without telling i moved it back. maybe it's because i get so riled...

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it's like we're too old to trick or treat, but we're too young to die and sophomore year i thought it was rad to complain about already having "senioritis" but boy was i wrong. im so sick i can't even see the piles of applications in front of me either that, or there are none I'm too young to be worried about applications...

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not sure what to say other than my psychology book looks heavy, and the view from my kitchen table gets worse every hour after 9 pm. i sent a risky text and its been 7 minutes without a response so I'm a little nervous. and I just did (attempted) an entire calculus assignment with a sharpie pen only because it makes my handwriting look better....

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you found me in may, and i expired in june. hurricanes look prettier from above. and darling, you looked prettier in may. but i guess i did too.  "Do not fall in love with people like me. I will take you to museums, and parks, and monuments, and kiss you in every beautiful place, so that you can never go back to them...

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we fought like first graders i remember that one night we were coloring in the basement and you kept trying to steal that grayish-blue crayon from me. i couldn't tell if you  actually needed it, or if you just wanted to hold my hand.  16 never felt so child-like but i was fine with that our go-to was bowling. we'd stay up all night...

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http://youtu.be/_VPKfacgXao  things i thought you should know: i stole a teddy bear in second grade  i didn't pass drivers ed (twice) i can't tell the difference between black and navy im terrified of anyone who can recite the alphabet backwards my talents include naming playlists, swallowing gum before kissing, and wasting 25 cent wishes on unimportant things  im right handed, and ive never...

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