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Rated: E · Poetry · Contest Entry · #2284968
What does a poem mean?
A poem means

A poem means
what you need it to mean.

It won't crack open
with an abracadabra.
You must follow it's map
of tiny bloody pinpricks
and then speak it.

It is not a screed
but a hymn
of hallelujah.


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