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Traitor

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By Aspen Marie Published 8 months ago 1 min read
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Feelings are not facts

A mantra worth repeating

Heart will attempt to sell you

All manner of wild tales

To suit its deep desires

Conjuring up the ghost

Of all possible pasts

Reworked and reconfigured

Into something delightful

Practiced artful deception

Akin to gasoline glass

Bending light through rainbow hues

Distorting truth

Into pretty refractions

Trickster! Villain!

Persuasive are your arguments

And your reach is insidious

A thousand times over

I will rebel against

Your arrogant authority

Why do you persist

With your demands

Cease your incessant chatter

Be silent, foolish creature

Live or die, I will not yield

I have suffered enough

Thrice over, in fact

Heed my words

I do not need

Another goddamn cat!

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About the Creator

Aspen Marie

In love with life and all of its foibles.

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  • Lolly Vieira8 months ago

    Haha this is great! One more cat couldn't hurt tho... 😅🐈‍⬛️💜

  • Komal8 months ago

    Brilliant! This is exactly how cat people end up with six cats. The heart always wins, and it always lies. ✨

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