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First Date

I squeezed conversation out
like empty toothpaste;
agonizing over every silence.

Her smile seemed as forced as my words,
and I couldn't make myself look her in the eyes.

The steak was bleeding raw,
and I felt I was the cow
as she made the first cut.
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