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“what pushes him up
will keep him down”

“a bird cant live
with a snake.
i had to let you go”

“youve never felt a kiss
so deep
you want to die
just so it can bring you back
to life”

“i am young
and they think

maybe ill escape
becoming a certain type
of man”

“one day my mother pointed
up at the sky.
i saw a sparrow being
snatched up by a hawk.
someday, she said, youre going to grow up
to be just like him.

she was speaking of the hawk,
but i was thinking about the sparrow.”