people are not smiling
worried looks
on the streets of gay Paris
haggard looks
it's January 2023
the world seems hard
stern looks
it's a grit your teeth
defeated looks
and bare it
what it took
to get here
seems some
mucked up mystery
but in fact
it's simple
another maniacal repeat
dissent and hatred
offensively ample
maniacs repeating
cheaters cheating
pissing on the sacred
creating more
fucked up history

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