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Bitter Greens

A Poem

By Atomic HistorianPublished about a year ago 1 min read
Bitter Greens
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Bitter greens

Slithering unseen

Through my dreams

A strenuous subcutaneous existence

Complaisance in a crime of the mind

Wandering through the hallowed chambers of change

Faining pain to gain the upper hand

An expanded sniveling

Yet persistent

Loaves of loathing self-doubt

Trout flopping about

Festering in vain

For everyone and everything they complain about

Has come and gone once more

While they sit in a drawer

Waiting for what has already passed them

Because the unwanted attention was not their intention

They remain

Frozen in suspension

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Atomic Historian

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    Written by Atomic Historian