Showing posts with label selfhood. Show all posts
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Wednesday, April 30, 2025

I (the poem)

 


I (the poem)

the imagination of loneliness:

dialectics of my spirit.

it is the will to know

which seems to echo,

with millions of words

in my head.

hear two people talk,

and they know the essence of loneliness.

i’ve been with a million

and been by myself (together).

although i have not had

three-day migraine headaches,

i know what it is to talk to someone

and feel like you’re not.

they walk in two

always.

always alone.

always.

and i want them to know

what it is like to crouch in the corner

talk to yourself.

and learn to say:

i shall will it.

i know. i know.

it is in these times that i.

i.

Vileness Metasux Fats

Written by Vileness Metasux Fats

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