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Barbed Words

Benny McCluskey

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That is the hardest thingBeing seenConsideredKnown I want to be known
Let my name be known
Will they consider me?
Here I amStagnant and repugnantAffection is meaninglessWords are hollow
Allow me to mimic this affectionHollowPointlessBluntedMeaningless I desire to be desired
I want to be ALIVE
Breathing Living Feelingevery scorned word and phraseUnsaid and unspokenineffectual wordstorture me
Don’t placate me
your truth
want you to tip toeBreak melet me cryfeelsomething Anything

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This is about spiraling anxiety.

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Written on December 08, 2020

Submitted by bennettm.22202 on January 18, 2023

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme AABCDEBBFG
Closest metre Iambic heptameter
Characters 487
Words 67
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 10
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Benny McCluskey

Benny is an actor, and writer. They are recent graduate of the University of Memphis with a degree in theatre. Some of their interests include Dungeons and Dragons and Tarot Reading. more…

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