[[dear jordan]],

a gentle flicker of a candle\nin the darkest room\n\nor maybe [[something else]]

this place we live in, [[my dear]]

[[because i know what i am]]

rails covered in [[rust|i am me]]\nthe decaying carcass on the side of the [[road|i am me]]\nthe smell of filth and [[rot|i am me]]

[[dear jordan,|begin]]

[["of course."]]

could it be that you see me\nfor what i really [[am]]?

[[because i know who i am]]

[[because i know what they did to you\nand me|because i know what they did]].

i wonder how you see me\na [[golden]] ray streaming through the curtains \nas you part them

perhaps there by the railroad\nbalancing precariously on the tracks as if i might die if i [[fell off]]

dear jordan

i wonder what i looked like to you then\ntearing the cairica off the [[vines]]

[["will you kill the world with me?"]]

i wonder what you thought when you first [[saw me]].

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<<replace "dear jordan,">>\n<<replace "whose ewe heart">>\n<<replace "is far too pure">>\n[[for the likes of me,]]\n<<endreplace>><<endreplace>><<endreplace>>

[[snarling,\nfanged,\nclawed,|snarling fanged clawed]]

are, to them,\na [[beast]]

and [[beautiful]].

do you see me as those?\ni really [[wonder]].

or perhaps crushed underneath the wheels of an [[oncoming train]]\n

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they tremble like mice\nand you,\neven with your [[ewe heart]],

please,\n[[i beg you,]]

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and leaving them strewn all over the pavement\nto wither in the [[sun]]

\n\n\n<i>nero</i>

you asked me once,\na long time [[ago]],

(and how [[delicate]] \nyou are\nwhen you want to be,)

Anonymous

and to that,\nmy answer was\nand will [[always be]]

[[ruin me.]]