kewthis is going to be my #poemvember thread. i haven't been putting out one every day due to executive dysfunction and mental illness in general, but i'm going to do my best to be somewhat consistent
GIRL CRUNCHthe only editing I did for this one was remove a , so that I hit the word cap exactly but here's a #poemvember
Giovanna D. MattucciPure as the intent may be,
If art is simply a means to an end
Then what is art?
A middleman?
A roadblock?
Of course not.
It is creation.
It IS the thing.
Neverending.
Find intent there instead.
You dont have to think
The game is fair
So long as they've convinced you
You can still win.
So long as they've convinced you
They deserved to lose
So long as they've convinced you
Nothings getting worse
So long as they've convinced you
They have everything under control
So long.
Forgiveness is easy,
What's past is past.
But what of the future?
You cant forgive the future
No matter how hard you try.
Imagine
Stepping outside.
And KNOWING.
There is Nothing tethering you.
Even if you choose to stay
It is the Choice that warms you.
This is a world that could be,
But not the world that is.
And it is not your own fault...
But nor is it No One's.
They have names.
And ears to hear
Our cries of hope and rage.
They are stuffed deaf
With blood and money.
LOUDER.
Maryu ✨"I live in a golden cage,
It shines bright and sparkles in the sun.
I can not fly. I can not die.
I live in a golden cage,
It has long rims and a golden swing.
But bound are my wings,
untouched by the northern winds.
I live in a golden cage,
Happy as any would be free.
Why shouldn't I be?" ~ maryam
#poemvember #poetry #poetrycommunity
(a little something I wrote a while back, pls be kind 
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esoteric_guy
Where is the line
Between help and harm?
Dedication, obsession?
Selflessness, sacrifice?
Perhaps it depends
On the other.
But what if neither knows?
Mo MartinODE TO COLUMBO (#Poemvember no. 14)
Dead eyed Jew
Impossibly tall!
Taller than your enemies
Taller where it counts
Hunch down, dead eyed Jew
Stare at your feet, dead eyed Jew
Shuffle
Say this will all be over
Dirty car Jew
Dead eyed Jew
Hunched Jew
Stare the gentile in the face
Play an italian but stare the goy in the face
One more thing, dead eyed Jew
Make this Jewish heart proud.