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I Can Use It

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By Harper LewisPublished 3 months ago Updated 3 months ago 1 min read
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You still have blood in your veins

After everything you’ve put me through

I can use it to write my refrains

Bleach can’t remove the most stubborn stains

Even if you immerse yourself in a stew,

you still have blood in your veins.

I see through your superficial gains,

know your liar’s heart can never be true

I can use it to write my refrains

You’re the root cause of all of my pain,

the reason my eyes will always be blue

You still have blood in your veins

When I look at your false campaign,

It’s obvious you don’t know

I can use it to write my refrains

While you lament the end of your reign,

My knowing gaze bores straight through you:

You still have blood in your veins;

I can use it to write my refrains.

Villanelle

About the Creator

Harper Lewis

I'm a weirdo nerd who’s extremely subversive. I like rocks, incense, and all kinds of witchy stuff. Intrusive rhyme bothers me.

I’m known as Dena Brown to the revenuers and pollsters.

MA English literature, College of Charleston

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