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Narcissus, handsome as he were
so attractive, named after him are flow’rs
posted an instagram selfie, did he
waiting for his followers’ attention, though fleeting
poor Narcissus: the ‘likes’ donned upon him
Deep breath and wipe away a tear,
“Oh god how did I get here?”
My eyes fall over the words
And my heart feels less of the hurt.
I send my work away
I smile
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Then continue cutting
What would mom say?
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And finish my drink
We pose
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You beat in my temples
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The thoughts of running myself into a car, or wrapping myself around a tree
is automatically followed by that of apathy
and then sorrow for even thinking of putting that kind of weight on my parents
