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  December 2022     1 year ago

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Cheap Candy Hearts

I sat at a small elementary school desk
Dreading the moment that was soon to come
The passing of paper, colored cards was next
Sitting and praying that I’d receive some

One after one they were placed in front of me
From strangers and people I...

– by Nathan Smith

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Pinned with Holes

A black sheet, pinned with holes
Designed to enshroud us
Weighing us down with infertile
Visions

Enforcing the perpetual
Myth that we can never overthrow
The very gods designed
For no other purpose than
To chain us by their immobile feet
...

– by N. Dale Smith

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Fallen Birds

Words fall as birds in a poison sky
Striving to fall upon a caring ear
In the hope that their death might
Bring with it some meaning

These words which we utter
Are born without agency
Born without choice
Forced to reflect the desires of...

– by N. Dale Smith

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