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from See? by Adam Shephard

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When I first saw them I was
Taken aback
I mean
You don't expect to see them at your door
And they looked
So
Pitiful
My first instinct was
To help them
But
You could see
They were
Devious
They used their helplessness against you
They used
You
Against you
And they'd look you right in the eye
Waiting for you to flinch
Because
They'd done it before
There were others
And they always flinched
And that period
Where they held your gaze
They knew
It made the difference
The difference between
A warm meal in their bellies
And a fight for their lives
But they knew they could play you
Their chances were good
Because you
You were kind
All of you
You
The others
You always gave yourselves away
You wouldn't do it for others
But
You'd do it for them
So they'd hold their hands out
Those hands
Bony
Fragile
So
Like yours
They knew they could draw you in
They knew they could draw me in
But
I let them
I let them
Beg me
I let them
Make me feel
Superior
And guilty
For that superiority
I let them
Make me feel
I let them
Make me feel
I let them
Make me feel
And so
They
Owned me
I was
Helpless
I was
Pitiful
I gave what I had
Just like they knew I would
Just like they knew I would

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from See?, released October 30, 2020

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Eclectic, electronic music from Montgomery, AL.

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