25/02/2024poems/albatross

Albatross

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Now I’ve been thrusted out
A curse upon you
It’s good to know what game to play

When you bite too hard
I’ll drop my tail
And run faster

Within and out
I don’t believe in Karma
But sometimes
One strikes ironic luck

We all have roles
Yours has a name
Beast’s blonde mane
Bleached thin
Beyond the pale

Mine’s now red
Faster to surpass,
Outrun your cancer
And escape the gravity
Of your poison singularity

Where I become
Whipping girl
And soldier

Within and out
I don’t believe in Karma
But sometimes
One strikes ironic luck

Wasting you
Wasting you
Wasting you

Only you have wasted you.