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I want to light the world on fire.

By Joann ClaudePublished 4 years ago 1 min read
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I want to throw a baby fit

If I can't have you

I want the fucking world to burn

Or bleed

I want to yell

To throw things

To shove

Clench my fists

And tantrum

It is just

Not

Fucking

Fair

The way my life has turned out

The way I don’t look like other girls

The way I was raped

The way I live with depression

The way I want to rip my skin open

The way I can’t work a normal job

The way everyone my age is moving on

And moving up

And I'm

A

Fucking

Child

Throwing a baby fit

And you

You fucking knew

You knew everything

And you still wasted my time

You added your name to the list

I’m so fucking mad.

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About the Creator

Joann Claude

“I'm not sure why

I have the inexplainable urge

To tell everyone I come in contact with

That I'm dying”

-a million thoughts all at once after a brief interaction with a customer at work

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