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© Maximilian Ruiz Sirkia 2024
Maria
Sweet,
Sweet embrace of misery
Embellished in taupe and burgundy
In short curls and freckles
Craving pain and solitude
To find disembodiment in multitude
And numbness,
Numbness of an algorithmic machine
1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0
I fail to cry
Succesful man
No water percolates into the soil
Who now will care for the plants Maria?
Or pinch the cheeks till red
Like drunkard uncles
They doused the pharos in Alexandria
Who now will bend the earth Maria?