The Foes Of Everyday Life

• Milana Kumykova, Grade 8, Haileybury College - Newlands
• Poetry
• 2022

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We bring them together although they're so divergent,
Their relationship is like humans and drinking detergent,
Leading everyone's lives to constant distress.
The star of the show,
While the other is living life down below,
The lead is flourishing with every mark,
Whereas the subordinate is wondering if it even embodies a spark.
At last smouldering with anger,
A loud rip becomes a clangour,
As the star applies its taper,
Forever enemies are pen and paper.