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The Big Joke

the big joke
of all the small betrayals
is what they
add
up
to:
someone else entirely
who doesn’t mind
being
dead
or over there
or over
looked who doesn’t
mind
manners or rules or
the quick change
just out of sight
“her life” “your life”
might be sleeping lying
wait
for
the last betrayal

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