Gray Squirrel Poet Free verse

Joy Express

Joy

Is The Opposite
Of Distress.

You're Afraid
It Isn’t.

In The Moment!

Not Any Time Other.

It Got Away!

You Thought It Wasn't!

You're Surprised By
It's Intensity...
Or Maybe The
Lack Of It.

I Get It.

It's OK.

Look Away.

-Gray Squirrel

10-02-2026

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Gray Squirrel October 2, 2026 at 9:55 AM It'll HIJACK your words, right there on the page! It'll distort every meaning, no matter how YOU 😊 thought you thought YOU 😊 think. Twisted. No wonder we think it's silence.