@webwrought ⠀
⠀tryin’ to please everybody in this dump ,
⠀you lose yourself . you save the people
⠀in the bank , you get back up when you
⠀get knocked down , and you let the critics
⠀choke on their words . you’re already
⠀doin’ enough .
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@webwrought ⠀
⠀in the water .
⠀
⠀just keep swinging , keep puttin’ the boot
⠀to the real trash out here , and let those
⠀punks who write the papers scream into
⠀the void . it ain’t fair , none of it is .
⠀that’s just new york , baby .
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@webwrought ⠀
⠀you got a lotta heart , kid , but take it from
⠀me : let ‘em bark . let ‘em print their
⠀stupid little papers and slap whatever
⠀panic headline they want on the front
⠀page .
⠀
⠀if you start sweatin’ what the morning
⠀news thinks , you’re already dead —
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@webwrought ⠀
⠀to the guys writin’ the checks downtown ,
⠀𝑎𝑛𝑦 guy swinging his fists outside the
⠀lines is public enemy number one . it
⠀doesn’t matter if you just saved a dozen
⠀tellers from gettin’ hosed ; —
⠀
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⠀y’think so , huh ? yeeeah , good luck with
⠀that one , 𝑏𝑟𝑜𝑎𝑑𝑧𝑖𝑙𝑙𝑎 . they’re gonna take
⠀one look at you and doubt that you
⠀coulda been the one to rough me up ‘n
⠀you know it .
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@repwhorting ⠀
⠀as good as you’re gonna look in that
⠀nurse get-up ?
⠀
⠀( his smile grew into a cocky grin ,
⠀arm pulling her harder to force an arch
⠀in her back , banking on her knees being
⠀weak . boy was he in luck . )
⠀
⠀c’mon , 𝙧𝙚𝙙 . . . 𝑘𝑖𝑠𝑠 𝑖𝑡 𝑏𝑒𝑡𝑡𝑒𝑟 .
⠀
@repwhorting ⠀
⠀his face to flash a silly , ‘ charming ’
⠀smile . )
⠀
⠀how’s she look ?
⠀
⠀( he mumbled , referring to his lip . before
⠀she could give him an answer , he hooked
⠀an arm around the small of her back ,
⠀pulling her against his burly frame . )
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