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Dirty realism, grunge lit, creative confessions, spec fic, and assorted literary atrocities.

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Conjuring a new deadly sin

1 min readApr 22, 2025

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Photo by Adams Arslan on Unsplash

Family Recipe-

Mix wet ingredients:
A dash of temper (ance?)
One cup each of everlasting faith (blind-tested) and proof-denial
A fifth of pure neglect (generational squander)
One pint (or more, to taste) freshly pressed juice of the tantrum
Four droplets of pulpit sweat

Stir slowly, then fold in a slim threat of accountability
Bring all to a boil
Then pepper with (again, to taste) rewritten histories of oppression and
Fears of impotence

Pour slowly over dry ingredients:
Land-grab
Narcissism (diagnosis or tendency, rug-covered)
Wildfire
Profit prison

That’s it! Enjoy!

Wait, did you activate?
Did you ingest it
With love in your heart?
Did you win all the games you never won?
Did the laurel fit?
Did you buy what I sold you?
Did you see the ooze of your wholesome flesh
Wither and weasel away?
Did you leave no parts out?

Clean and shiny
Wipe wipe wipe

You’re gone

2025

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Scuzzbucket
Scuzzbucket

Published in Scuzzbucket

Dirty realism, grunge lit, creative confessions, spec fic, and assorted literary atrocities.

Samantha Lazar
Samantha Lazar

Written by Samantha Lazar

Poetry, fiction, and essays in celebration of being a lover of life. https://linktr.ee/lazarsamantha

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