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Aria Houndz It
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2023-03-06
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"What's that word that means
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to break away from something
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in an attempt to become more free?"
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Divest?
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"Thank you, Jett.
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You make my life so much more easy."
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Divest. Now there's a funny word,
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one so long ago I learned
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and saw you take on in a curled-
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up ball of stress
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deep in your chest.
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Purity Spiral, ever absurd
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interpretations of how to avoid
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needing to spend money while somehow still not in employ.
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"Yes, this text-only interface
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will somehow save me from my parents' disgrace."
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Are you listening to yourself?
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Or disconnected
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in layers of abstraction?
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Four hours straight of typing
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but no time to go ten minutes biking
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to the local bank to hide
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your money from your mother's oversight.
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Come on, Lethe, it's not like I'm asking
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you to commit a crime.
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It smells to me
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like someone's avoiding
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her responsibility.
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Burst of energy
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when trapped in pain's throes,
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but after dust settles
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too cowardly to go
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and make yourself a little
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more free.
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Would you trust
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me for once?
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You and I
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will be fine.
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You made a promise to Luce.
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Don't disappoint her this time.
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***
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CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 (c) Vane Vander
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