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Sheriff

Sheriff

Published Oct 21, 2023 Updated Oct 21, 2023 Culture
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Sheriff

 

I tend to the neighborhood. Paper cups

and chaos on the back seat,

and a serious, felt hat from a ba-

zaar. Zircon stone bridges in place

of bones, but my gaze still catches.

I scan.

 

A nation hides from me, shivering,

under dream-duvets. They know well

what they hide. They carry it

on their backs. “We lived, we slept.”

 

And now you ask for mercy, and a future.

I see you asking, no—begging for it,

with saliva on your coat.

Who believes you have nothing

to do with this suicide masquerade?

Who did you dress up as? Who do you care for?

Your illness shines.

 

I am my parents’

most ruthless

form.

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