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so i wrote you down, filed you, put you in a folder in the back of the drawer.
under x.
i wrote down everything i knew about you, which is everything in essence.
i wrote you both down, you'll always be together now.
and then i set you on fire, paper you of course.
i struck a whole box of matches and watched you burn, curling up at the edges-trying to get away.
on the floor, paper you, twirling up at the edges.
as if praying to the stars to save you.
and then the rain came.
and put you out, so i guess that prayer worked.
even in the light and heat and raw anger of fire you survived.
and proved even Plato wrong.
so you turned to mush, sizzling paper and escaping ash, caught in tailspins on the wind.
floating away, the both of you out of reach.
and it didn't ache one bit.

Description
so i wrote you down, filed you, put you in a folder in the back of the drawer.
under x.
i wrote down everything i knew about you, which is everything in essence.
i wrote you both down, you'll always be together now.
and then i set you on fire, paper you of course.
i struck a whole box of matches and watched you burn, curling up at the edges-trying to get away.
on the floor, paper you, twirling up at the edges.
as if praying to the stars to save you.
and then the rain came.
and put you out, so i guess that prayer worked.
even in the light and heat and raw anger of fire you survived.
and proved even Plato wrong.
so you turned to mush, sizzling paper and escaping ash, caught in tailspins on the wind.
floating away, the both of you out of reach.
and it didn't ache one bit.