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Guilty Conquest

A lucky conscious

so much so

that

words without meaning

form under the clicking of my fingernails.

Plugging in, and swapping out

with algorithmic precision.

 

My hands know something that I do not.

I envy them.

Envy,

because they are the maker

behind the mask.

The unsung and unseen hero

of my conquests.

 

My conquests,

but my hands

separate from my mind.

This is not self-envy (if that's even logical).

 

Just like passing that test

you didn't know the answers to

I feel I cheat the world.

Claiming rights to words

not mine,

 

Only a part of me.

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