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you cannot afford to not smile. your laugh needs to be hearty!  thick skin to the jeers, get rid of the tears -  you are the life of the party! put your phone away now.  you have  to light up the floor!  amidst the crowd stand, with a glass in your hand -  because they're all expecting more!  don't you dare try to slip away.  ensure that they're all on their feet!  get yourself wired to not feel tired -  you have a record that you need to beat!  i'll instruct my reflection in the mirror, for anything else feels like a crime, my lips protest, my eyes beg for rest, but for the life of the party, it's simply show-time .  aishu 17-01-2026

touch me not i hate the touch-me-not flower  because without fail, it closes when i try to hold it.  i know it's in its name -  touch. me. not. but i don't know how not to touch something i love.  i said i hate the touch-me-not flower. but it's only because i love it.  and i can't hold it.  i swear i know it loves me too, but it's scared of love so i'll keep trying. it shuts me out so i try again -  i'll try to hold it until it never closes.  how many more tries until it never opens?  how many more closes until i never hold it?  sunflower i find warmth in the light  of his face  it's my favorite  place  to be. i can only turn  towards him to be filled to the  brim with glee.  rose the star of the show, soft love after woe,  a bouquet's hero, warm gesture to-go -  but i want a daisy. daisy the first time i found a love that wasn't lazy was with a boy that gave me a daisy, and it still sits perc...