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antithesis

freestyle poetry

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Jan 17, 2024
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you want it?
take it

you bought it
you break it

repair its despair and then ask it 
to make you stronger

how much longer are you planning to wait?

leave it to fate?

you hesitate but you’re breathing heavy

I’m disheveled since 
        you leveled me 
                    and left me 
burning

what good is learning if the class is rigged 
to make you the moral?

you’re not the moral

I’m the moral 

I’m the soul 

without my fuel you’re just 
an asshole with 
a solid plan

and you’re a Man
but that’s not really helping your cause

did I give you pause 
when I asked your permission 
to feminize this?

this rant
this song
this part’s too long but 
you’re in it now and 
I’m not giving in until 
you give it back

I said

give it back

you don’t know what it’s worth 
or what 

it’s worthy of

more than love
more than greed 
or need 
or ache 
or fire

I’m a live wire in your dead air
m…

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