Over a bunch of dirty, yellow rubber ducks in a black tub, is a poem with white font on a black background. GRIFTER Rehearsed lies Told routinely Ceremoniously toppled and unveiled Swimming in self-satisfaction Shading all attempts To take responsibility Then a loud crack A palm landed squarely Against an unassuming cheek Now a stewing anger Ready to explode Due to necessary exposure Clearly resigned to future revenge The heel will wait impatiently

GRIFTER

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Chronic Decline

Body so #withered
Just #pawing at the last hours
Forfeiting #rescue
The pain can’t be #rectified
#There’s only one option left

#Signs the depression’s ending.

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ET Identified

#Predators unseen above
Those wayfarers of the cosmos
Scheming and duplicitous

Engineering a #canal system
To #impact earth with a surprise ambush
And #triangulate our annihilation

Nothing benign
Untrustworthy

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Antithesis

A #heavy day’s #tale
My mother’s #mask does not slip
Echo #chambers cheer
But #vitriol’s her #blessing
That #eclipses my everything

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