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Maysan Nasser

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Average rating: 4.76 · 17 ratings · 3 reviews · 1 distinct work
Don't Tell Them

4.76 avg rating — 17 ratings — published 2018 — 3 editions
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 I had to get the venom out first,needed to suck it outan...

 I had to get the venom out first,


needed to suck it out
and spit it out


out
out
out.


And it so happened
I did so with words,

words that I decided back then
could only be spat in front of an audience.

Do I regret airing every single dirty item in
my laundry basket?

Do I regret regurgitating every pain on themicrophone in hopes that it leaves my body in an echo?

Do I regret the rebirth that sadly had victimsof

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