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a simple resignation

i can't offer much less than everything

By ⸘jason alan‽Published 11 months ago • Updated 11 months ago • 1 min read
"foot/color study" ⸘jason alan‽ colored pencil on paper 2025

skip the far-fetched

i've heard it all before

and i feel horrible

that you heard it from me first

i can see right through

sheer excuses

merely intruding

look at me

see your reflection

i dance out of your chains

but i stay for you

i can't offer much

less than everything

i am a slave to your passion

and you are an asshole

you don't like when i stand

up from my knees

this is not an argument

i am a messenger excarnate

with a simple resignation

from the gallows of our love

go fight your shadow

if you need conflict

cause i feel horrible

that you heard it from me first

i can see right through

sheer delusions

you're confused

i am just a mirror

your reflection

with no depths to see myself in

but i stay for you

i can't offer much

less than everything

i am a slave to your passion

and you are an asshole

but i stay for you

i stay for you

i stay for you

i stay for you

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⸘jason alan‽

:::WARNING:::

i am only responsible for what i say,

not for what you understand.

you may learn to be charmed by my [secret‽] discontent,

or you may not.

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    Written by ⸘jason alan‽