ALONE
MY EMPTY HEART IS ACHING
MY BED A BARREN HILL
UPON WHICH I CLIMB
AT NIGHT
UNPREPARED
AND FEARING THE FALL
THAT WILL ARRIVE IN THE MORNING
WHEN
ALONE ONCE MORE
I SET OUT
TO CONQUER THE WORLD
QUEENLESS
I RISE TO VIEW MY KINGDOM
AND SEE
I, KING,
AM NOTHING UNPAIRED.
I THREATEN MYSELF
WITH ABDICATION
AND SELF-EMOLATION.
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