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Aug 01
poem challenge: Writing 2022
yejunee

leave me alone

i keep the door closed 
to discourage visitors, see, 
i'm not lonely 
i just like being alone 
and people aren't all 
they're said to be 
so listen, maybe; 
can you just go away? 
please. 
please, i don't want you 
to stay. 
 
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Posted: 08.01.22
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  1. aesythe
    Aug 01, 2022

    Ha! Yes. Introverts unite! Oh wait.

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