A Small Kindness
...Pain's ubiquitous, yet we don't feel it:
desensitization is commonplace.
And we sometimes mirror the hypocrite,
who ignores the hurt on a stranger's face.
A homeless beggar can't pay fo...
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Categories:
desensitization, 10th grade, 11th grade,
Form: Quatrain
Due Veneration
...Since industrialization there’s been agitation frustration palpitation trepidation vociferation
And unequivocal asseveration in favour of our planet’s welfare glorification and protection
Premedi...
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Categories:
desensitization, abuse, corruption, environment, future,
Form: Monorhyme
In the Dark
...I can't see happiness when it's right there
right in front of me in a flower dress;
she shows me she loves me,
but I can't see it.
I can't feel the pain in the eyes
of refugees and terror vict...
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Categories:
desensitization, dark, emotions, identity, imagery,
Form: Free verse
Tanks
...Oh wow. Oh great. Look over there. Quickly now. Come on. It is the mitigating migrating mammoth mansions. Brick by brick and bone by bone. In a line. Travelling. Traversing the plains, fields and mou...
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Categories:
desensitization, age, allah, allusion, angel,
Form: I do not know?
Houdini
...As he walked,
Breathed,
Talked,
Sneezed,
The root of all evil was indeed marinating deep within him,
A natural seasoning,
A cue for treason,
Short side of critical reasoning,
His attire was o...
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Categories:
desensitization, dark, life, pain, violence,
Form: Free verse
Systematic Desensitization
...Skate the razors edge
I do so solemnly pledge
Never fear the ledge...
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Categories:
desensitization, health, introspection
Form: Senryu
Desensitization
...There’s a young girl in my arms
Clutching me so tight that
I don’t think she’ll ever let go
Her tears stain my shoulder
Her grief wracks my own body
I can smell her hair, the beautiful scent
E...
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Categories:
desensitization, introspection
Form: I do not know?