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"Nevertheless..."
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"Nevertheless"
The world applauds its hollow heroes,
cardboard crowns dissolving in the rain,
while the orchestra saws its strings in half.
Nevertheless, I must prevent this outrage!
The poet, drunk on futility,
tattoos manifestos on the backs of moths,
each flutter a sermon destined for the flame.
Nevertheless, I shall emerge victorious!
History yawns, shelving us beside
pamphlets on the care of extinct animals.
Nevertheless, I demand satisfaction!
The crowd laughs not at the joke,
but at the desperate cough of relevance.
Nevertheless, I reiterate, I am not a chicken!
And when the curtain falls,
the stagehands sweep feathers into black bags,
while the spotlight flickers like a dying star.
Nevertheless, I’ll prove once and for all
that absurdity is the only crown worth wearing.
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