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how to reap what you did not sow

(title inspired by Ras Mengesha)

sleep on your right side

your body remembers

each death sentence

left on the side

of your previous lives.

refuse to wear one face

when your mask fails to hold

wash your face with water

it will remember

what the rage of the sea is,

a terrible thing.

every time your life tries

to grow a conscience

remind it of the only reason

it festers on

because of your god

who feels nothing in its chest

you can never forget

everything including your breath,

is made up.