Dearly Bought

Wielded 
like a
loaded gun
His phone
was thrusted
forth

Proof
of what
I knew 
was false
Refusing
all
discourse

Armed
with but
an empty 
tweet
Chosen
by a
bot

His mind
was trapped 
inside a myth
Whose fiction
dearly
— bought

(Rosemont College: April, 2025)
Copyright © | Year Posted 2025

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