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...dark thoughts // they come in the light of day...

day 1

day 1

Jan 04, 2022

are you a Fool for love?
aren't we all Fools for something?
don't you wish we could be Kings and Queens
be the Jack of All, but the Joker to None
reign over foreign territories
of diamonds, clubs, and spades
but forever elusive; the heart 
a territory no one can claim

wouldn't it be easier to play the game
count your cards, come out on top
win the day, hand holding only hearts
light it up, take a chance
know your odds are in the bag
wouldn't it be easier without the risk?
wouldn't it be simpler without all this?

or is it, perhaps, the risk we fall for
the chance this might all blow up in our face
a thrill we can't help but find 
A D D I C T I N G
tantalizing, sensational, captivating
U N D E N I A B L E 

are we, but drawn to 
the thrill of rejection
the heady turn-on that
makes us lovesick Fools 
makes us play the game

for even the chance at being dealt 
a royal flush at love…
we're willing to risk forever being 
the perpetual Joker at life.

for what if, our Queen? our King? we find
hidden among the Jacks, 
that roguish lot

knowing the odds are never in our favor
and a Joker lurks under every card

still, we play with our HEARTS dangling on the line.

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JaayV

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"we all have moments in our lives when we wish we could just snap our fingers
and easily win at the lovegames we find ourselves entrenched in"

The poem is written in de-escalating stanzas beginning from eight and going down to one. As such, it looks like this:
First Stanza: 8
Second Stanza: 7
Third Stanza: 6
Fourth Stanza: 5
Fifth Stanza: 4
Sixth Stanza: 3
Seventh Stanza: 2
Eighth Stanza: 1

{written on 4/1/21}
{For Day 1 of National Poetry Writing Month & Camp NaNoWriMo.}

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A/N:
Pls be kind! OwO

These are the raw, unedited versions of each poem... /exactly/ as I wrote them nearly a year ago.

I haven't worked up the energy to edit them, yet. Figured I might as well share them with all of you while I still have the courage to do so. Aha ha ha~~~ *NERVOUS* Maybe this year I'll actually try to revise them... ㄟ( ▔, ▔ )ㄏ Who knows

2022, here we go!

#romance #love #queer #poetry #Poems

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Anatasia
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I love your insightful, quirky style of writing!

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**WEEKLY UPDATES ON TUESDAYS! **

a collection of 30 queer, dark, introspective, and/or erotic poetry and prose.

some are fiction. some are fact. all are personal.

i really wish i could say these were edited... but they're not. be kind ಥ_ಥ

((written during the month of April for the 2021 Camp NaNoWriMo and National Poetry Writing Month (NaPoWriMo) events.))
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