Everything

is not about you

By Harper Lewis Published 3 months ago • Updated 3 months ago • 1 min read

Challenging fortnight,

not just here, a situation

ongoing nigh on nine months.

Alienated, silenced, dehumanized

by the one I’ve spent

decades sacrificing for

all because of bitter lies

framing me out of context

for a designer narrative

that’s an act of war.

Get over yourselves:

This is about my gaslighting daughter.

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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