Typewriter Series #2784 by Tyler Knott...

Typewriter Series #2784 by Tyler Knott Gregson⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀

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There’s another me still there, some⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀

other version I was told for years⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀

to silence. Never did, left him⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀

fed and happy, listened out of one ear⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀

while the other feigned ignorance,⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀

heard every word he shouted⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀

and answered in turn, words veiled⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀

and disguised. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀

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I will not betray you, said I to⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀

other I, deep down and patient,⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀

spent all these years trying to put⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀

together something that resembled⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀

an apology. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀

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You are beautiful in a way I am not,⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀

and I am ashamed of how long⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀

you’ve been hidden away⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀

for I never held shame for you.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀

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Everything you are, I am,⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀

only less. I am what remains⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀

after I cope with this, after⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀

I come to terms with how long⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀

you’ve heard nothing⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀

but the echo of your own⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀

voice.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀

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-Tyler Knott Gregson- ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀

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