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"Spent" (by Joe DiMino)

Well…some would call it
Self-pity…
Sadness or regret—
Or a deep saturation
Of longing
That drags me in and down
Despite my protesting—
Spits me up
Like a hair-ball…
Often having felt myself regurgitated in one form or another—