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Copacetic by Rebekah Marcengill
from New Voices 2023
You By Emma Grace Avant
You never text You never called You didn’t try, no Not even at all You didn’t even put up a good fight.
We pass like strangers in the night This is so messed up Cuz I see you and I know You see me too.
My fantasies got the better of me I feel like a fool I fell in love with your potential before falling in love with you You had me going, I believed it could be Until you couldn’t cope with the thought of losing me.
My fantasies are everywhere They’re tearing me apart How could you say that I don’t care? When you’re the one that seemed so far.
Are you sure you loved me as much as you claimed? Because when I left, I’m the one you blamed.
You said forever and always Was that true was that real or was that one of your fantasies that I wanted you to reveal.
It’s tearing me apart being like this You’re breaking my heart being like this, I never wanted to hurt you