Doppelganger

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The poem “Doppelganger” was inspired by a Tumblr meme that stated, “(the doppelganger) is a presentation of the guilt, the trauma, the fear, and hatred that might be buried underneath layers of pleasantry.”

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The doppelganger does exist less than an inch from the skin while at a distance that defines a mirror set defying lies without remorse of pleasantries stacked upon the need to please tearing down a false balm constructed by safety’s calm waiting for insanity demanding dues of the will impersonator that’s all too real staking claims when strength wanes this pressure keg that must reveal the opposite of banal states these humors damned without regret by opposites of the flesh.

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