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Men of different languages, men who’ve visited every country, men who’ve never been to Europe, men who own houses on the beach, men who don’t own anything, men who cross bridges to get home, men who don’t have a home, men whose bodies and faces are utopian, men who are aware of their beauty, men who are too aware, men who dream of living in the forest, men who’ve taught me useful things, men who can’t spell, men who’ve aged badly, men who know everything, men who give me books with personal inscriptions and mean them, men who confuse love with lust, men who confuse lust with love, men who claim they’re poets, men who change my life, men who care to dress well, men who read terrible books, men who don’t have time to read, men who listen to opera when they want to feel lonely, men who love the idea of me, men who send pictures of road trips, men who send pictures of their naked chests, men who fetishize my youth, men who want to buy me dinner, men who know how to cook, men who don’t eat fruit, men who know how to fuck, men who smell like men, men who don’t smell, men who are never alone, men who know how to die, men who’ve done things, men who like their pasts, men who don’t listen, men who only listen, men who know what they want, men who’ve never wanted anything, men who keep on dying, men who keep on cumming, men who make me feel desirable, men who are too young, men who are too old, men who are too small, men who are too big, men who’ve tried, men who keep trying, men who’ve masturbated thinking about my vulnerability, men who are tender, men who think about the future, men who depend on their pasts, men who believe in possibility, men who are selfish by nature, men who are too kind, men who need to move to new cities, men who are honest, men who’ve lied, men who tell stories, men who’ve never healed, men who misunderstand promises, men who are careless, men who get nervous at a woman’s naked body, men who ask for advice, men who ask if they’re beautiful, men who call when they’re drunk, men who call when they’re high, men who think I’m everything, men who think I could be everything, men who play the piano for me over the phone, men who’ve never been lonely, men who are too young to have been lonely, men who want to fall in love, men who don’t want to fall in love, men who like to think I’m pure, men who like to think I’m perverted, men who order expensive wine because it’s expensive, men who eat with their elbows on the table, men who desire nothing, men who want me to feel lonely, men who think I need to be loved, men who love me every day, men who think I could love them one day, men who think I already love them, men I’ve never loved, men I’ll never love.