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Feb 2021
I wasn’t gluttonous, but for you, ravenous.
It was always lust, never true love.
You gave everything, I was greedy, still.
It wasn’t something for others to envy.
I took pride knowing you were mine.
How could I know that being a sloth,
I’d lose you to my heart’s wrath.
This poem was written in 2018.
Payton Hayes
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Payton Hayes  Oklahoma City
(Oklahoma City)   
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