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Useful Until Proven Broken

May 26, 2023
By jayden218 BRONZE, Westchester, New York
jayden218 BRONZE, Westchester, New York
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i am an appliance 

almost a kitchen chair

you need me now

but what will you do when i break?

will you still have use for me?

or will i be tossed out

can you handle me broken?

am i worth your time? 

or am i just an appliance 

broken, thrown out, left there to die


The author's comments:

I was hoping to find a way of effectively explaining the experience of someone being emotionally depended on until they can't mentally take on anyone else's burdens and are then deemed as "useless" by all of the people depending on them in the beginning. 


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