new poem: Driven To Death

poetry/d/driven.txt

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+Driven To Death
+2022-03-09
+
+***
+
+"What's an operating system?"
+Whether they were being serious, I could never tell,
+but the question always hung over me like death's bell.
+
+And although camp is now disbanded and dead,
+still rings in a disused hall in my head
+the words penned on whiteboard in striking red:
+
+while all other girls were so much praise shot
+about their skills, their quests, their help,
+only written for me: "I guess she smiles a lot."
+
+And when I complained that I had put in
+more effort but barely anything received,
+Mom marched me to apologize
+even though in my eyes
+I had committed no crime.
+
+Just be happy with what you've got,
+with the crumbs we've thrown your way;
+never demand the more you're due,
+just smile and bear the pain.
+
+Just smile and bear the pain
+of being a prototype, forging the way
+to brothers to be done right, to be done at all,
+listened to, heard, given right to complain,
+and you yourself cast aside
+to either be shown up or prepared to die.
+
+I've failed the test on three separate times,
+so I know for sure I can't legally drive.
+If I need to get somewhere, either I catch a ride,
+call a bus, or gather my breath
+and bike.
+But you're driving me to death.
+You're running me raw.
+Soon, I think, there'll be nothing at all.
+Will you love me then, Mother, with Cheshire smile?
+A lot of what's praised
+and naught else remains.
+
+***
+
+CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 (c) Vane Vander

poetry/index.html

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 	│   └── <a href="./c/crescendo.txt">crescendo.txt</a><br>
 	├── <a href="./d/">d</a><br>
 	│   ├── <a href="./d/daybreak.txt">daybreak.txt</a><br>
-	│   └── <a href="./d/deadend.txt">deadend.txt</a><br>
+	│   ├── <a href="./d/deadend.txt">deadend.txt</a><br>
+	│   └── <a href="./d/driven.txt">driven.txt</a><br>
 	├── <a href="./e/">e</a><br>
 	│   ├── <a href="./e/earthbound.txt">earthbound.txt</a><br>
 	│   └── <a href="./e/edell.txt">edell.txt</a><br>
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 	&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; └── <a href="./w/wme.txt">wme.txt</a><br>
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