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Tower MomentBelly Luxa little aftercarea little Sugar For The Pillplaying low in the backgroundCarharrt and red lace in puddlesbut there is no sun left for meand no more sunday kind of loveTobacco Vanille and one meal a dayit’s the year of the skin, the year of rejectionour world is locked up and my lips are zippedbecause it’s bad luck when more people knowso i stitch my guts back insideand i keep it all within memonogamy is out of seasonyet i’m loyal to the fantasy alonei’m drawn out by the divine timingi’m seeing numbers, patterns, and signsand in a collision of planets, in saturns returnthe universe pulls us back together in one last efforti see you, and in my nature, i smile,my heart reaching out more than everi see you come, i see you go, and i forgive the fluidityit’s a tower moment for me, for usrealising the only control i have is over myselfit all boils down to just one thing, it’s my one lifewhat will i do with it? and what is it that i want?

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