New poem: Aria Houndz It

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