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an ode to the ode-less
by Z. S. Stalls
3 November 2025
loner stoner slacker
shut in and shut out
melancholy hikikomori
if peter pan
were a junkie
agoraphobic loser
lazy NEET
broke recluse
rebel without a hope
nobody knows the troubles you've seen
nobody knows but your cat
or dog or fish or plants
in 12-step they say it can be a doorknob
but mostly they just say "God"
who has most assuredly forsaken you
not even a god would love
what doesn't love itself
but i love you
and you can too
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