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zoo

this must be how a tiger feels

declawed

staring through the glass of a cage

at children

pointing

and mothers

scolding

and lovers walking

handinhand

do they revel in their sadness

because i imagine

they sleep all day

for the same reasons that i do

because staring at people watching you

bask in your own misery is

tiring.

but i am not a tiger.

i am a sad sad girl

addicted to misery

eating her yogurt

imagining herself a predator

while wanting a doughnut

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Oct 16, 2013
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