coerced
raze we stand together
you in your silver suit
and ornamental leg braces,
me in my cynical street clothes
designed to deflate
the expectations of anyone
desperate enough to believe in me.

you move your chest into mine,
hungry for understanding
that hasn't been earned
and isn't deserved.

i whisper words
i never wanted to say,
bullied into an act
of feigned forgiveness
in god's grey house.
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what's it to you?
who go
blather
from