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By Sonam Kaloti, Arts Editor

 

Archie’s friends talk shit about me
he believes that they are obsessed.
They’re spewing nonsense hatred lest
they ruminate on what can’t be;

they’ll never see my scratched-up knee
again. Upset, they will protest:
Archie’s friends talk shit about me.
He believes that they are obsessed

and still in love. The bros, guilty
for betraying friendship. Obsessed
now, Archie gives in to the quest;
he falls for me but for a fee.
Archie’s friends talk shit about me.