Poetry
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Poetry
GAME NIGHT AT THE FIFTH HOUSE by Victoria Mbabazi
GAME NIGHT AT THE FIFTH HOUSE by Victoria Mbabazi
GAME NIGHT AT THE FIFTH HOUSE by Victoria Mbabazi
GAME NIGHT AT THE FIFTH HOUSE by Victoria Mbabazi
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3.12.2025
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GAME NIGHT AT THE FIFTH HOUSE
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Do you want meÂ
to put the poison in the wine I’m drinkingÂ
or in the beer you’ll drink later?Â
Are you still mad at me?Â
If an Apple dies as a treeÂ
falls into an oceanÂ
Are you still staying the night?Â
Do you want to leave me?Â
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I love party gamesÂ
Mafia is my favouriteÂ
You are good at killing
loving is betterÂ
familiar and fatalÂ
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I am good at knowingÂ
the mood of a doorÂ
when it closesÂ
If the tap is cryingÂ
when it doesn’t shutÂ
all the way off I am goodÂ
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at engulfing my spaceÂ
the couch is capable of breathingÂ
and it keeps breaking its legsÂ
I can be good I promiseÂ
I am great at becomingÂ
whatever you want me to beÂ
Give me a second give me timeÂ
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Let me show you I promiseÂ
I can walk back into that burning targetÂ
and remember all the thingsÂ
you wanted from the store