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Suffocating

November 14, 2022
By corn-on-a-cob GOLD, Racine, Wisconsin
corn-on-a-cob GOLD, Racine, Wisconsin
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Favorite Quote:
“And now here is my secret, a very simple secret: It is only with the heart that one can see rightly; what is essential is invisible to the eye.”


she taps her feet on the floor

he clicks his pen violently

and she bites her nails


they're all suffocating

silently

they're all dying

slowly


the cause?

a silent, small, invisible

criminal


well, she wouldn’t like to be called that

she would like you to know her as

the best friend you never knew you needed


i would like to introduce her to you;

her name is Madame Pappilon


she’s as old as the mountains

she’s as cunning as a fox

and she has more determination than a dog


Madame Papillon is always there for you,

as soon as you meet her, you cannot undo

the forever bond she will have with you


she churns your stomach,

she fogs your head,

and fills your dreams with existential dread


she has a closer bond with some 

making their will to live close to none


others, she lets them be;

allowing them to breathe on with ease



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