Solitary
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We are normal: a duet
| Would you please Lend me food? I am hungry. |
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| We do not know you. You are alien. You are not welcome. We are normal. |
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| Can I please Share your water? I am thirsty. |
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| We own the water. You are strange. You cannot have any. We are normal. |
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| Will you then Share your fire? I am cold. |
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| We need all the warmth. You are other. You must go away. We are normal. |
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| Is it too much to ask, To be able to live, To be able to be? |
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| We don't like your kind. You are different. You make us think too much. We are normal. |
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| But all I want is To live in peace, To be happy. |
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| You have no right to be happy. You offend us. You hurt us by existing. We are normal. |
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| I know how to love, How to care, How to hurt. |
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| You are not one of us. You don't belong. We want you to die. We are normal. |
--Robyn Elaine Serven
--June, 1994