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2024 so far is like my year of reading mostly not good books, especially mid poetry :// but here’s one poem from this collection that surprisingly hit hard:
Pax
I demand that the human race / ceases multiplying its kind / and bow out / I advise it
And as punishment & reward / for making this plea I know / I’ll be reborn / the last human
(I’ll add the last 2 stanzas in a comment because character limit)
— Jul 22, 2024 10:45PM
Pax
I demand that the human race / ceases multiplying its kind / and bow out / I advise it
And as punishment & reward / for making this plea I know / I’ll be reborn / the last human
(I’ll add the last 2 stanzas in a comment because character limit)
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And sometimes I’ll cackle, sometimes / pray, sometimes cry, eat & cook / at my little stove / in the corner / “Always knew it anyway,” I’ll say / And one morning wont get up from my mat