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Fiona Chung

Yes Thank You, No Please

i hate the way you
agitAte me
your voice,
an annoying mosquito
monotonous in my ear.
yet i am sorry.
sorry for resenting you
avoiding our interaction,
escaping into a better world.

your advice is a gift
yet i refuse to listen.

i slip into sLeep
Away fRoM
you
and your pierCing
shriek.
you
bLeep the truth
that intrudes my Own Created darkness

my dearest alarm clocK
i’m sorry for pressing
snooze.

[TABLE OF CONTENTS, LHS CLASS OF 2013 EDITION]