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Silent Desperation

Inspired by "The Glass Menagerie" by Tennessee Williams

In a house like a pinewood box, This inescapable two-by-four situation, Nails bending, breaking, rusty, Leaving like a crowbar prying at the boards.

Pacing around, looking inside, Falling through a single crack, No escape without a fire, A flame that burns through factory work.

Tell me mother, do you believe, That I'm in love with Continental Shoes? Full of envy for the dead, "Rise and shine," you crow, and I'll do neither.

Even if I try to forget, Through midnight screens and bottles emptied, I left my home, was it for the better? What I left behind soon turns quiet.

Shyness sent to empty gaze, "Slight defects" ice picks will solve, Quiet girls are seen, not heard, A happy home without expression.

Were there really seventeen? Tales retold to bear with life, Exaggeration was your only tool, "Go," you said, my body exhumed.