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Eradication

Futility

By Harper Lewis Published 10 months ago Updated 7 months ago 1 min read

She drags her eraser back and forth across the indelible lines of me,

an exercise in futility; I cannot be eradicated,

I linger, standing my ground in agony while her effort increases, senseless rage tearing holes in the page, murdering the story to silence a character.

What I’ve created will live on long after she is cold in her grave,

forgotten and lost forever.

My words remain.

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About the Creator

Harper Lewis

Intrusive rhyme bothers me, except as a weapon.

Intertextuality is my passion.

Formalist/ New Critical are my guiding theories.

My words are mine, not a robot’s.

MA English literature, CofC

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    Written by Harper Lewis