Name: (I Got Way Too Invested In) John Proctor
Duration: P00H02M55S
Description: In junior year of high school we read The Crucible and I got very invested in John Proctor's perspective, particularly that devastating line, "I may think of you softly from time to time, but I'll cut off my hand before I reach for you again". WOOF. That's all.

(I Got Way Too Invested In) John Proctor

from Collected Nightmares of the 13th Century by Kathryn Valentina

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In junior year of high school we read The Crucible and I got very invested in John Proctor's perspective, particularly that devastating line, "I may think of you softly from time to time, but I'll cut off my hand before I reach for you again". WOOF. That's all.

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Please tear my eyes from the gallows.
I don’t want to see the pain when I close my eyes.
Their screams of agony just bellow,
ringing in my ears like angels wailing in the sky.
I’m haunted by the image of us sitting in the hay sipping cider.
You’re so tempting with those big brown eyes looking just like Winona Ryder.

I may think of you softly from time to time, but I’ll cut off my hand before I reach for you again.

It’s midnight and I’m staring at the woman next to me.
She keeps a cold home suspicion on her lips endlessly,
but she’s not the problem that she thinks she is, it’s me.
If I could tell her exactly what’s been plaguing me, I’d strip off my skin, expose my guts, begging on my knees,

"Forgive me, lover. Forgive my sins.
This justice system wants me dead, there’s no way I can win."
If God rejects my honest tongue then let him lead me into hell.
No one else will fall for sin,
but myself.

I may think of you softly from time to time.
I may think of you softly from time to time.
I may think of you softly from time to time but I’ll cut off my hand before I reach for God again.

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from Collected Nightmares of the 13th Century, released January 1, 2021

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Currently stationed in Rockland County, raised in Baltimore City. 19.

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