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make me some soup juice me some juice invite me over for tea bake me some lavender lemon bars make me breakfast & all the mashed potatoes with your best gravy two. babysit my kid not because i have to do something like work but just because ya know i can’t get a free moment to save my life & ya know ya wanna save my life three. & while we’re on the subject of my baby panda love them tell them all the good things you feel & know in them listen to them go on & on about minecraft & pandas & Pokémon & ask them questions so they know you are paying attention four. share your favorite poems with me bonus points if they’re ones i wrote bonus points if you read them to me bonus points if we are in a bed with cozy soft things & fluffy pillows five. hold me when i cry ask me first k & when i say yes hold me when i cry help me hold & carry my sads my grief my never ending feels hold me when i cry six. hold space for my anger cuz if ya know me ya know there’s lots of fucked up things that happen to me let my rage live seven. tell me: it’s not your fault i love you you didn’t do anything wrong you are doing everything right i acknowledge your sad i acknowledge your angry i am grateful you are still here eight. tell me the truth write me love letters protect me acknowledge how you’ve let me be hurt & how you’re gonna protect my vulnerable tell me: boo, you are not too much nine. & then write a poem about how nobody ever tells the milk way hey, ya got too many stars! & how nobody’s ever mad at the ocean for crashing into the rocks or for turning glass into smooth handheld treasures ten. extend home invitations gift me lipsticks & high pigment eyeshadow paint my nails draw me a picture adorn me with glitter & consensual kisses eleven. believe in me believe in me believe in me twelve. fight for me fight for me fight for me thirteen. love me love me love me |
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