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THEM
POEM
3 min readDec 4, 2022
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I hate you.
How could evolved choose ugly, with no return?
Why have I come to hate you so casually?
Fanged snakes don't hide their rattle, but they try.
How many times can one be bitten running a shuffled
map of drying landmarks backwards with not but more
than zipped seconds of glance…