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parricide
daddy f*cked up and the days went by.
chopsticks clacking, showers running,
everything fine and dandy, fine and
dandy, fine and dandy. get up, get up,
don’t look so sullen, get out of bed,
don’t tell me you’re STILL upset. let’s
go on walks, let’s hold hands, recite
these cheesy family quotes, move the
days forward like a factory lineup,
move until everyone forgets. tik-tok,
tik-tok, the days are a ticking time bomb,
0000 and there’ll be no sound, no
chopsticks, no shower, just blood on my
hands and a steak in his heart, fine and
dandy, fineand dandy, fineanddandy/
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Adele Li is a Hong-Kong born emerging high-school writer, hoping to expand her love for poetry. In her writing, she aims to capture and control her emotions so as not to overwhelm her therapist. You can find her work @t1redhedonist on Instagram.