‘neglecting the pet: an overview’

 (from 'dead bird')

 you swing my door open

i won’t come out

extend a hand

i won’t budge

you’ll feed me now

to starve me later

you’ll free me now

to put me back away

you think it’s okay

you think i think i should feel blessed

and you deflect my depression

oh you’ve open walls (at best)

swing my door open

i won’t come out

extend a hand

i won’t budge

feed me now

starve me later

free me now

put me back away

you think it’s okay

you think i think i should feel blessed

and you deflect my depression

it’s all the best, this air

oh isn’t it air you need?

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