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The present once noted,
is really the past

A thirtieth of a second,
perception if fast

Most people are slower,
the flash that accepts

What our psyche affirms
—now gone and reset

(Villanova Pennsylvania: December, 2019)
You threw me to the snakes
leaving me to fend for myself,
discarding me like an object that
you had grown bored of.
And,
when i crawled out from the pit
more powerful than before,
venom coursing through my veins ,
I became the monster.
I became the one to be feared.

How easy it is to forget that monsters are not born
but made
and my dear,
you are responsible for every inch of the creature I have become.
An agreed upon history…
fables abound

To share in the memories,
what’s lost and then found

Our story rechristened,
linked moments in time

New legacy written
—in couplets of rhyme

(Villanova Pennsylvania: December, 2019)
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