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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bwByioixEmU&ab_channel=MosDef-Topic

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He couldn’t help but thank her: 

Even though 

He didn’t walk away the winner,

At least she let him leave there

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With closure.

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                I

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He knew that move;

She wanted to make him jealous - 

Hold his nose to her happiness

As though he were a puppy, and

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Her successes,

A cold puddle of piss.

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                II

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You can’t build the foundation for happiness

On envy - if your happiness requisites

My jealousy

In order to exist,

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Than it isn’t happiness …

It’s just elaborated spite,

An extension of vindictivity,

Of pride, of insecurity and

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Complex cognitive-dissonance.

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III

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She wanted to make him jealous

So she demonstrated to him

Her happiness.

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But, how content can you really be

If you need someone to feel hurt

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In order to be happy?

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(author's note: fiction. Sometimes, people need to leave themselves in each other's rear-view mirrors. Sometimes, people need to be properly incentivized before they can do this. Sometimes, the act requisites a little resentment before it can be brought to fruition.)

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(P.S. the photo is titled "double standard.")

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