the pressure builds you buy a gift youre hoping that your dread will lift it glitters on her like a glass you shudder as it comes to pass apologize to luce and lill converse with ed a drive with jill your friends confine you in their worlds one by one a string of pearls confused you say this isnt me you hover in their unity ashamed you slowly lose your grasp release the links undo the clasp the skin that drips down off the tree and peels back slowly from your knee erupts into your lung and heart you laugh and laughing fall apart laugh and laughing fall apart laugh and laughing fall apart laugh and laughing fall apart laugh and laughing fall apart laugh and laughing fall apart laugh and laughing fall apart laugh and laughing fall apart laugh and laughing fall apart laugh and laughing fall apart laugh and laughing fall apart laugh and laughing fall apart laugh and laughing fall apart laugh and laughing fall apart laugh and laughing fall apart laugh and laughing fall apart laugh and laughing fall apart laugh and laughing fall apart laugh and laughing fall apart laugh and laughing fall apart laugh and laughing fall apart laugh and laughing fall apart laugh and laughing fall apart laugh and laughing fall apart laugh and laughing fall apart laugh and laughing fall apart laugh and laughing fall apart laugh and laughing fall apart laugh and laughing fall apart laugh and laughing fall apart laugh and laughing fall apart  laugh and laughing fall apart laugh and laughing fall apart laugh and laughing fall apart laugh and laughing fall apart laugh and laughing fall apart laugh and laughing fall apart laugh and laughing fall apart laugh and laughing fall apart laugh and laughing fall apart laugh and laughing fall apart laugh and laughing fall apart laugh and laughing fall apart laugh and laughing fall apart laugh and laughing fall apart1