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title: Under Cover of Darkness
week: 20
date: 2025-05-20
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slinking by the side-lines\
creeping round the crook\
the cat goes where it pleases\
when you see it with that look

prowling in its prison\
tiptoe through trapdoor\
when the cat here wants to play\
playing must mean war
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I now recollect, with increased alarm\
My brazen path, a trail of treacheries\
It spurs the urge to run, retire the harm\
Left hidden in forgotten memories

I now recount, unease clawing my skin\
My careless words, said quick and uncontrolled\
It holds the tongue silent, cloaking the sin\
Left shrouded in tales of a past untold

I now confront, in fear of the dictums\
The damage I have done, unknown in breadth\
I'll keep myself alone, far from victims\
Till forever buried by death's escape