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Repercussions of Avarice
December 8, 2023
My father is a petty wasteland
which is to say
that aces and spades
are an addiction
and cash is a drug
His greed
and trashy habits
have yet to grant him
a full house
thus he leaves us
with an empty home
No poker face
can hide the unforgivable abandonment
I feel
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I used metaphor dice to generate a random combination: My father is a petty wasteland. This piece is inspired by that.