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THREE ILLUSTRATIONS:

Picture of a happy child;

Picture of a happy future;

The interjector

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A HAPPY CHILD

 

If a child turns into an adult,

That's fine,

And if then the adult dies,

That's okay.

If a child keeps being a child,

Worry,

And if then the child dies,

Not okay.

 

Children who aren't adults are making

Problems for everyone, and

If you find a child that's happy

Not being an adult, not

Grown up yet, it's gonna be a serial killer.

(As long as it's happy I guess.)

 

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A HAPPY FUTURE

 

Science fiction is full of happy people

In unhappy futures.

The happiness is how they showcase

Dystopia.

Things are bad, but everyone is smiling.

This makes things even worse.

 

Later on, you're smiling too and - 

What's more -

You're breaking the fourth wall, something 

Auf Deutsch,

Like Veer home and glut on fondue,

And blink.

 

Or (lens has just your profile) do you wink?

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THE INTERJECTOR

 

Last time, your skin was lifted off the rest and

I tapped the cage of your rattling heart and

Fed it every day at Five PM until the cold ate

Away the rhythm and no one found my art 

But, studying, pain from me's a privilege and a gift

Where for children who never grew up, the aptest

Abandonment is to the cold - Wingless animal,

Fly! Fly free, sink free, sink freezing to your death.

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