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Each Half is the Enemy

Janet Kuypers
7/29/13

When the bulldog ant of Australia
is cut in half,
the halves see each other as enemies.

The head attempts to devour the tail.
And the tail,
in an effort to defend itself,

battles for up to thirty minutes
to sting the head. And
this battle happens everywhere in the world,

because it’s always that the two halves
of the whole
will religiously remain at odds.

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When born at the cusp of Gemini,
you have a twin,
and your other half is a Cancer.

And if you weren’t born under that sign,
trust me.
Look for it. This applies to you too.

Because sometimes you want to tear it apart,
that other half,
you despise everything about it —

everything that somehow is a part
of you.
It’s everything you don’t want to admit —

because life will remain a battle, as you
continual struggle
against everything you don’t want to believe.

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