trying too hard, por Herman Shorts | poemas, ensayos y cuentos en Poéticous

Herman Shorts

Herman Shorts

trying too hard

was all stupid.

you weren’t that

entertaining. i

find it all only

sad now, that

we all seemed

so intent on

always making

it matter so

much. might

have been

better, but

for that.

(2014)

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