Everywhere I looked today I saw rejection.
Every hello was preface to “good-bye,”
Every smile, a scheme in disguise.
Every frown was meant for me.
Every possible could not be.
Every eye, hollow
Every friend, shallow
Every brow, furrowed
Every hand, burrowed
in a pocket.
Backs turned,
“bread” burned,
indigestion.
Because life can be hard to swallow.
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