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by Lilly Sayenga
I can see the joy spilling
out
of
him
like blood
and vomit
coagulating onto the floor
Bursting away from damaged sores
Wild and wounded but
joy everywhere
beautiful and visceral
gut-wrenching
blinding
JOY
On all sides flooding this desolate place and
Left before me is him
A husk
Who gave everything he had to give
Because he couldn’t help it
couldn’t keep it in
deadened down inside of
him
cutting himself open and
Letting us have him JOY
JOY
JOY
JOY
How disgusting this is
To see happiness given with
no consideration
and an inability to quell it.
The husk
Has left
Convenient considering
Someone has to mop
All of this up.
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[…] Originally published through the University of California, Berkeley English Undergraduate Association on July 12th, 2022. […]