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Tainted Laughter

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By Jui HanPublished about a year ago 1 min read
Tainted Laughter
Photo by Agustin Fernandez on Unsplash

Summer 1854

windows moist

eyes stare without seeing

index and thumb joined

lovers-like circling — unending

a carver’s top on my mouth

blood, who’s blood?

trickle down my gut

eat! insolent fool!

lovers-like stabbing — unending

seething anger soothes

Hail! How cruel fair is.

Seen yet what it has done?

nothing outside is not inside the rails

Cry! You stupid child!

I laughed instead.

I laughed as I did.

lovers-like laughing — unending

Will this ever end?

I wish it does, I wish it won’t

I laughed as I did.

28th of October 2024;

Maybe, just maybe…

Somehow at somepoint — we all did.

Free Verse

About the Creator

Jui Han

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