bitter_irony_of_homecoming
ashmanzhou
my
parents
came
today
to
this
place
to
free
me
from
the
cage
which
they
pay
to
keep
me
in
they
wish
to
take
me
home
on
a
few
conditions
they
remarked
on
how
this
i
was
how
drawn
i
was
they
want
to
take
me
home
what
i
need
is
love
they
say
the
chance
to
meet
and
make
friends
not
an
overworked psycologist
a
cramped
room
and
three
meals
a
day
they
say
the
same
mistake
wont
happen
again
but
how
can
they
make
sure
that
i
fail
not
in
my
quest
to
die
cosmetic
surgery
too
for
my
marred
visage
been
saving
up
for
eight
months
for
it
my
eyes
healed
and
scars
made
hidden
but
then
a
mention
springs
up
of
emma
in
death
my
heart
still
aches
for
her
they
embarrassed
turn
away
they
tell
me
her
mother
asked
them
not
to
allow
me
to
her
funeral
and
betray
my
rememberance
she
hates
my
dark
soul
for
her
daughter
but
a
problem
now
my
sister
at
home
waiting
i
am
never
to
see
her
she
has
never
seen
my
scars
they
have
not
even
told
her
my
fate
instead
a
twisted
web
of
lies
their
faces
eager
watching
me
tears
held
for
a
gracious
rush
to
plunge
crying
into
their
arms
i
do
no
such
thing
though
tears
well
up
i
turn
away
they
query
me
that
i
do
not
wish
to
go
away
i
do
not
wish
to
travel
from
one
prison
to
rot
in
another
be
it
physical
or
otherwise
i
have
lived
eleven
months
here
my
soul
resides
here
in
pieces
but
the
date
is
set
four
weeks
and
i
travel
home
the
memory
of
me
burns
their
dreams
i
see
not
why
my
presence
will
heal
them
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