Rage

Gabriel Baban Keith
By Gabriel Baban Keith

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It’s not only to crush

You under the

Soles of my

Feet

But to erase you

And your

Shadow

So that nothing

Remains

Even memories of your

Being here

It’s not only to

Have you

Gone

Piece-by-piece

That will satisfy me

I must eat you

Whole

 

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