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Hot Potato

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____ is like a hot potato 

I don't want to hold it 

It's too big to throw away


____ is  like a hot potato 

I hold on to it 

So you don't have to 


____ is like a hot potato 

Watching you hold it

Still hurts somehow


____ is like a hot potato 

I throw it at whoever's around

When I can't hold it any longer


____ is like a hot potato 

It will cool in time


If ____ really is like a hot potato 

Maybe we should pass it around 

So when it cools, 

Our hands are reddened,  but still whole 

And we could make a salad 


- Ananya 

10th December 2024

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