cactii

Updated: Dec 12, 2021

some people are like cacti

they grow thorns

in a bid to save themselves

to live in a water-less world

they bloat up

stand tough, stout and bristled

never needing any water

and never letting any ooze out

Oh but if you do give them water

they can’t thrive

they wither

they die

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