Cynicism as weaponized helplessness Poems

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for the chimps, bonobos, and gorillas
by atef ayadi

the sky is not falling. it is being taken.
piece by piece. a silent subtraction.
a great un-becoming. a double loss.
to be gone. and for no one to notice.

we are the ones who notice.
we, with the generator humming in our chests.
the terrible gift of the idle, aware.
to feel the void where a world was.


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Recent Cynicism as weaponized helplessness Poems
for the chimps, bonobos, and gorillas
by atef ayadi

the sky is not falling. it is being taken.
piece by piece. a silent subtraction.
a great un-becoming. a double loss.
to be gone. and for no one to notice.

we are the ones who notice.
we, with the generator humming in our chests.
the terrible gift of the idle, aware.
to feel the void where a world was.


......

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