“A Stoic’s Diadem” by Colin Quin
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A Stoic’s Diadem
By Colin Quin
I want to be
immune to psychology.
Not to think, but
impassively watch thoughts happening.
What they take for zen is actually pessimism.
Living life as a death sentence.
Emotionally stone.
Lethally allergic to the depressive in a teardrop.
The emperor of acceptance.
Blood of high pressurized piranhas. Suppressor of
gnawing passion to their trembling pinky toe.
Adjust the thermometer of existential hypersensitivity with low expectations.
Stoicism, the sociopathic mask for an empath
to expressionlessly flex their face in.
Copyright © Colin Quin
Colin Quin has appeared in CV2, Arc, Event, Feathertale Review. An emerging indigenous/Anishinaabe poet with a wife and cat located in tropical Ottawa. For money they’re a certified climbing arborist and small business owner.
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