Domino Effect For Two

Have you ever loved the title⁣⁣

of a poem more than the ⁣⁣

emotion it encapsulates?⁣⁣

Did your heart constrict at the⁣

beautifully crafted metaphor⁣⁣

which crowned the verses, ⁣⁣

and suddenly you were a poor

child in a posh school canteen⁣⁣

who was only granted access to⁣

propagate the institution's

inclusiveness, while your tattered ⁣

school pants screamed otherwise, ⁣⁣

‌I know that one rich guy in class⁣⁣

took you under his wing, taught⁣⁣

you how to make rings out of the ⁣

smoke escaping your lungs and⁣⁣

when you finally thought you were ⁣⁣

a step closer to friendship and ⁣⁣

eternal warmth, he snitched on ⁣

you, leaving the tear sainted cheeks ⁣

of⁣ your parents emboldened as an ⁣

epitaph on the vicious cycle of ⁣⁣

poverty, with the suspension rained ⁣⁣

a plethora of opportunities you'll ⁣⁣

never get, and your toes were dying ⁣⁣

to get stepped on and you wished ⁣⁣

you never fell for it in the first place ⁣⁣

but the damage is done now, isn't it? There's no way you won't carry the aftermath of this earthquake as a

painful memory which you never ⁣

fully recite nor acknowledge because reality is mindnumbingly cruel, it ⁣

never cared about your struggles,

It knows only the truth and for a change⁣

it wasn't afraid to wear it on its sleeve,

This is why I name my poetry in marshmellow hues and roasted peanuts, I dress it in tight corsets and overwhelming gowns trapped inside five layers of makeup, all in a predator's work day, I embroider my webs in snowflake motifs and wait, day and night, for a gentleman to get attracted to its beauty, and when they finally extend their companionship, I crush their skull between my makeshift thighs and whisper the ugly truth into their ears like Macbeth's wife, making them my puppet, stationing them in the enemy's kingdom, what started as a casual fling is now a full blown act of anarchy against the government, you, my domino block, topple the fascists with your small unseemingly insignificant contribution, until nothing remains, not you, not me, not the mighty, only a sapling of truth thrives under the cracked debris. ⁣⁣

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/‌Domino Effect For Two/⁣⁣

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