erasure
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men only fools
can't help love you
stay?
sin
help you?
Like a river to the sea
As a way of centering myself
I wanted to drive by my old high school and
My old house.
A
Sucker for nostalgia,
I was surprised to see that
My old house was still exactly where
"Erasure,"
It's a word that's been
Thrown around lately
Something
That has unfortunately
Been brought to my attention
Because it is about me,
It is me.
I have been "erased"
Hidden away
at the end
or more often just omitted
not out of hate, but of ignorance.
What could A stand for but
Allies, anyway?
Purposeful perpetuation of an imperfect initialism
