dear [-------], im sorry
we have to get a divorce
i know, that seems like a really odd way to start a love letter
but let me explain
its not you
its definitely not me
its just human beings dont love as well as insects do
i love you far too much to let what we have
be ruined by the failings of our species
im going to leave you now
while i still remember you fondly
i saw the way you looked at the waiter last night
i know you would never do anything
you never do
but i saw the way you looked at the waiter last night

did you know that when a female fly accepts the pheromones put off by a male fly
it rewrites her brain
destroys her receptors for pheromones
sensing the change
the male fly does the same
when two flies love each other
they do it so hard that they can never love anything else ever again
if either one of them dies before procreation can happen
both sets of genetic code are lost forever
now that
is dedication

after i broke up with [-------]
we spent three days trying to divide all of the things that we had ever bought together
like if i knew which pot was mine
like if i knew which drapes were mine
somehow the pain
would go away

after two praying mantises mate
the nervous system of the male begins to shut down
while he still has control over his motor functions
he flops onto his back
offers his soft underbelly up to his lover
like a gift
she then proceeds to lovingly
so lovingly
dice him into tiny cubes
spooning every morsel into her mouth
she wastes nothing
even the exoskeleton is devoured
she does this
so that when their children are born
she has a first meal to regurgitate to feed them
now that
is selflessness
i could never do that for you

so i have a new plan
im going to leave you now
im going to spend the rest of my life committing petty injustices
i hope you do the same
i will jaywalk at every opportunity
i will steal things I could easily afford
i will be rude to strangers
i hope you do the same
i hope our petty crimes are enough to cause us to be reborn as lesser creatures
i hope we are reborn as flies
so we can love each other as hard
as we were meant to

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three years of deathmetal
broken mic stands and stripped guitars
behind the blasted amps i
still have a crush on you
three years of rhythms
amidst all the hymns and blues i
still remind myself not to inhale too hard during the side hugs
three years of math rock
ive been a teenage dirtbag for years baby
and i have a ticket to iron maiden for you
three years of baile
triplet, double, i'm in a funk
im trying to forget what it was like to sweat against you
three years of electro
you make a house a home
can you feel the total bass of my heart?

i'm gonna listen to three years of love songs
and hopefully
you'll lend an ear when i replay it all back for
you

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