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Commodity

there is a penguin in my room


always lowering the temperature


and i say, 


what commodity! what commodity! my window does not open.


did you hear me?

i said MY WINDOW WILL NOT OPEN


I'm stuck INSIDE AND I CAN'T BREATHE


i said, is it WORTH IT


i need sunlight i need wind i need sweat 

i need the


OUTSIDE IM COMPACT I'M COMPACT 


why are you WATCHING TV


go out go out go out

out out out


does anyone realize 


HOW SCARY IT IS TO BE


INSIDE


would you believe it 

if i told you that

my focus is to build walls?


yes, I'm in school to study the art of my enemy


when i master it, i will tear it down


yes, when i go outside, 


i won't ever get back in


my friend, this poem is not a 

METAPHOR



©2024 by Azra Keskin. 

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