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This is a poem I wrote in a class in college wherein my only two prompts were an item and a feeling. In this case, the item was a magnifying glass and the feeling was loneliness.

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“He died seeking honor from the sins of war.”

This was a strange assignment, but I enjoyed the challenge. This poem’s parameters included a random object and location. Students were asked to be as oddly specific as possible. The object and location I drew were a two-headed snake and “the dumpster of a christian chicken themed restaurant”. Naturally, I imagined a snake, seen biblically as an enemy of God, feasting on the remains of the restaurant’s food waste despite its holy taintedness. Again, a strange assignment, but a welcome challenge.

This was a poem I felt inspired to write while reading some fantasy literature.