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Why is a crush called a crush?

April 27, 2015 / simonsalento / Leave a comment

Because that is what it feels like.

Inside my chest your fingers hold me tight.

Your smile touches my private heart

which flips and fades and shivers on itself.

And then you are out of the room.

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