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these are words on the outside, does that compel you?

in the east
i am salvaging flesh
of mankind, to eat.
in the west
i am met by the men
who are anything but kind
and as they unwind
i re-.

in the north
i am just who i am
and in the south
i am hot.

in the east
i am what is behind the cupboard door
below the sink.
in the west
i am met by the women
who are everything but blind
and as they came to find,
i-.

in the north
i'm still just who i am
and in the south
it's still hot.

so when i left the east
i buried all conjoining feasts
so when i met the twins
in the west
they laughed.
and of coarse
i will never leave the north
i can make compact doors
out of blocks of ice
and i've never spent much time in the south
so when i left

i couldn't think of a snappy enough last sentence
damn.
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