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it always hurts to hear
someone convinced
love puts up barriers,
pens them in,
demands �
someone believing
love will use them,
chew them up,
and spit them out.

when I hear men
saying this I know
it�s because
it�s their smooth
excuse for sex
without commitment �
the women
who love them
can�t blame them
when they leave.

but for the women
I�ve known, it�s because
they�ve known
the wrong men,
who trap, deceive.
it hurts to think
they�ve given up.

there still remain
a few of us.
believe.

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