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How to Survive a Broken Heart

By Kris Indermaur 

Cut your hair short. 
Give yourself some nice fringe bangs. 
Dye your hair red like the fire  
that threatens to come out of your mouth.  
Scream out lyrics from thank u, next on repeat 
watching your tears stream down your face. 
Throw away your pictures. Throw away their clothes.  
Don't give them back. 
Burn them. 
Wear different clothes  
that would upset your ex 
if you wore them out in public 
or on your dates— 
yes, the low-cut shirts,  
the short-shorts—  
those clothes.  
Lose ten pounds so they envy you. 
Go out with your friends.  
Don't think about how much it hurts.  
Make them think that you won. 

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