Condemned to death!
A promised year
filled with
emptiness.

Convicted of dealing in
counterfeit dreams
and fraudulent promises,
and for thefts committed
under the guise
of auspiciousness.

This year will be executed
for its crimes
in the morning’s early hours
between warped hardwood floors
and thin mumbling walls
for none to see
and buried
beside bony arms
beneath
my
pillow.

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February 16, 2022
04h54