Don Fox

Every dictator
Was and is
A free-thinker
Who decided
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My love is dampened savagery,
Exclusive and subdued;
Unless afflicting family,
One's bane is but a bruise.
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There's only so much
You can do about
Outer peace.
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People will look
For more reasons
Why they deserve more
Than someone else
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I tried to write you sonnet
Full of pararhymes
And archaic phrasing
But it was futile.
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There's no hope
In anyone,
Or anything
That merely hopes
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There are people I wish had it better
But more I wish had it worse.
There are people I wish were ambitious
But more I wish never were.
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Never be afraid to ask
For it cheaper.
Faster.
Better for you.
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I heard an old man voting out loud
at my precinct.
Old enough to father my father.
Childish enough to settle for
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I think tears
Are on their way out for me.
I would be surprised
If I cried again.
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