The Sadness and the Quietness
the sadness
that is people
the sadness of wanting to die
but being compelled to live
the sadness of
being surrounded
by hateful strangers
a problem of theory of mind
inability to recognize
one’s own species
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the quietness
that is fury
the rage that
simmers silently
a force to wake the dead
rip them from their graves
turned on itself
a hammer hitting its own head
a tongue growing teeth
biting itself