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Rated: ASR · Poetry · Philosophy · #2157682
Short poem
My father hunted
deer from a stand
on an old oak tree-
deity of the ridge.

My friend horded
swimsuit issues in
plywood treehouse-
sin among splinters.

I never found solace
in either setting-
my lust and wrath
needed sure footing.
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