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Post 103

With A Word

With a simple word

I lose every argument

No matter how plausible or valid my claims

With a simple word

I have no education

No knowledge, perception or truth

With a simple word

I am denied or lose employment

With a simple word

I am incapable of love

Or natural human needs

With a simple word

Women rally fear

And violence from men

Not a word of science

Nor precisely defined

With seeming no meaning

This cutting word I find

That no matter how hard I try

To treat this ailment of mine

With this simple word

I can never be cured

And it may sound absurd

That however you say

I hear this small word

Synonymous with hate!

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