“why do I”

Vandal Poem of the Day: December 11, 2019

 by Robert Fernandez
 
why do I
choose to turn away
 
why do I refuse
why am I refusing
 
we want to steal me away
we want to surgery me
 
why don’t they
steal me away
 
red refrigerator-blood
fills me
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