Exploitation of Loneliness
by Aqeel Parvez


last seen > 02:17am: possibility crushed to ant <3

the defeated sigh of asking
so asker waits to be asked
out of bounds or no contest
possibility crushed to ant
fear of failure a certainty
scarred memory


typing... 03:44am: rum n ginger beer taste good :/

or damned probability
tentatively sip sorrows
cold side of bed never warm
warm side of heart strange
famished instead haunted
now harrowed turns harrowing


delivered <<< 04:08am: u still up? wyd rn (double text) :/

tired cliches or touching tributes
write rewrite the script
of human misfits all
reaching reaching reaching
for invisible trust
connect or concede ground


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Aqeel Parvez is an artist from England. He has an MA in Poetry from MMU. His work has appeared in Expat Press, STIMULANT, Spectra Poets, Bizarre Publishing House, DON’T SUBMIT, Plague Circus Press and A Thin Slice of Anxiety. He exists at aqeelparvez.com

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