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The games mean girls play—
genteel Jumanji
crossbred with dodgeball
until all that’s left in the world
is a cruel jungle of lies,
vines of manipulated stories
choking lions while paper
tigers stalk emails,
author’s words weaponized
against her, all so the barren
queen of an empty house
can steal a child
after the fact.
About the Creator
Harper Lewis
Ekke Ekke Ekke Ekke Ptang Zoo Boing!
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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