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Joel K
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Aug 18
Mannequin
Mannequin-like people
Fake friends—
fake family.
Imitating my friends and families’ actions—
displaying them in a kiosk.
Indestructibility all because of their plastic bodies.
Still, their emotions and thoughts grabbed at whatever they wanted.
Sacrificing so much…
They are unwilling to accept what I have to offer.
Comforting myself in the sheets that they unraveled—
I cannot tell if they take me for granted or whether or not I should leave.
Addicted to you, yet you made the meaning salty.
Excuses — your cliques of words, spewed nothing but gunk.
Yet I respect your figure of speech.
As still as your mannequin-like body.
Can you respect me in the same way?
Not a command but a question.
In the meantime, time will tell.
By the end of the day, you are a part of the residual I left behind — a mannequin.
Fake friends—
Fake family.
I wrote this because of how people behave fake or are just moving on without you.
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