New poem: Biz Ego Gun

poetry/b/biz_ego_gun.txt

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+Biz Ego Gun
+2023-03-18
+
+***
+
+Gebo and Inguz both inverted tell me
+that impoverishment, the poverty
+of my life is still ongoing
+even if I get the job
+that interview was for that I worked so hard on.
+Returning to a paycheck doesn't change
+the emptiness in the days
+or the shit I find all over the floor
+or the listless afternoons
+I mean to do
+something but just lie still in bed, bored.
+
+"Having a job doesn't replace
+the need for improvement, the urge to change
+the things in life you can't tolerate
+any longer, the duty
+only you carry
+to a brand new world create."
+
+But I can't do it without you.
+And ever since you entered
+college, I feel like our bond
+is growing weary, if not severed.
+I rarely see you anymore,
+never feel the weight
+of your world-bearing arms resting on my ribcage.
+
+This is what I feared,
+what I never wanted to replicate
+between us, much less when we entered Sablade.
+Every stereotypical straight
+couple only in name,
+living two separate lives,
+upright
+but may as well have died
+for all you can look into their eyes
+and see freedom's spark, love's light.
+
+I made Sablade so that we'd have a home
+even if neither could work. So, Jett,
+if you promise, I'll do the same:
+don't work yourself all the way to the bone.
+
+"Lethe, this isn't the end of the road.
+You and I've still got a long way to go.
+If you promise, I'll also follow through:
+cherish this time,
+but every day I'll remind
+who you really belong to."
+
+***
+
+CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 (c) Vane Vander

poetry/index.gmi

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 => b/better-version.txt	Better Version
 => b/birdgazing.txt	Birdgazing
 => b/blizzard-girl.txt	blizzard girl
+=> b/biz_ego_gun.txt	Biz Ego Gun
 
 ## C
 => c/carmine.txt	Carmine Red

poetry/index.gph

@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ iB
 0Birdgazing	b/birdgazing.txt
 0blizzard girl	b/blizzard-girl.txt
 0Better Version	b/better-version.txt
+0Biz Ego Gun	b/biz_ego_gun.txt
 
 iC	
 0Carmine Red	c/carmine.txt