The Drunk, Slumbering Giant

The Drunk, Slumbering Giant

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The Drunk, Slumbering Giant
The Drunk, Slumbering Giant
Untitled [Muletka Lives In A Shadow]
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Untitled [Muletka Lives In A Shadow]

Poem #75 (From 'The Keeper of Sleep')

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Felix Purat
Feb 19, 2025
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The Drunk, Slumbering Giant
The Drunk, Slumbering Giant
Untitled [Muletka Lives In A Shadow]
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I asked Muletka to find me a hacker

So no one would ever remember me again

But as she went searching I soon came to see:

It didn’t matter

The world doesn’t matter

The world forgot me as it (save the cat) forgets

the airborne avian

But it still does matter

Most birds are too loud

I offered my body to dumpy Lethe, if —

And only if …

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