how could you?

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10458
United States
40° 51' 43.8444" N, 73° 53' 9.636" W

how could you
fall in love with someone
who has HIV
she states
impossible
impossible
how could you
fall in love with someone
statistics shows
he is finished
he is doomed
but
he has been positive
15 yrs
he is 29
he has all the symptoms showing
covered up in ugly tattoos
when you see him
looks more creepier
than a crack attic
he burns like shrapnel
through thorough threads on her skin
newsflash
HIV and HIV is
fatally fatal
and so is cancer and
in remission
it came back
to not only seek
but destroy
more devastating
it killed her
and her life
tragedy hit everyone at home
as her family
watched her at the last hour
she uttered
he could still be alive
for
another 15 yrs
i hope that the next girl is smart

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