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date = 2023-07-20
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    into the deep eyes
    of a stranger
    the scratched mirror

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    the soldier believed
    so honored to protect us
    and yet
    died for the torturer

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    no robot could answer
    the chasm between
    killers and dead

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    drowning in anxiety
    in that revolving stomach
    the pile of work
    went undone

    i was stuck
    in my guts

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    the lifeline of words
    hanging by
    a thin thread
    woven by bots