for the callous

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the reason i'm so

callous

is because i have a habit

of loving people hard

enough split myself

down the middle

i'm nothing but scar tissue

and third degree burns

from setting myself on fire

to keep you warm

—— there's not enough gauze in the world to put me back together 

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