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Forfeiting My Mystique by Kaveh Akbar (Patreon)

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2018-03-19 21:26:22

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2026-06

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I wish I was only as cruel as
the first time I noticed
I was cruel, waving my tiny
shadow over a pond to scare
the copper minnows.

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Forfeiting My Mystique by Kaveh Akbar

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