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Split

wrote this at a Poetry Orchard workshop called Kindred Spirits. there were a few prompts we could pick from and i chose, "I'm only me when i'm with you." i ended up writing about all of my friends.


I can be split into many small pieces, each with a different role

Y’all can pick whichever you like, halve me or take me whole

Chat with one, vent to the other, trade in art and change my mind

And I’ll gather up some pieces of y’all and treat you all in kind


There’s always someone to take the rest if you don’t want much of me

I split myself into pieces to account for cases like these

Different people love different things, and I think that’s fine

For I’ve now got dozens of friends and comrades ‘til the end of time

© Kendrick/Jules 2024

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