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She sees the world as a vicious enemy,
Life as a sober and hostile battle,
Love a means to an end,
Hate as the honest emotion,
Antipathy to the horizon.
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Look both ways in life's blinding bowl of cherries. Mind the poisonous gaps.
So if I hit the like button, does that automatically cancel her antipathy?
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I only write the poems. I don’t pick the moods (or the prompts). But, it’s worth a try.
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Powerful poem, Bill. I can feel the emotion behind those words!
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I looked it up. With a prompt like that, I had to find dark. Thanks, Sue.
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