Uncle history’s eating habits…

He has to eat himself
That’s how history works
His pinky, right hand
Is the French revolution
He gnaws at it for weeks
Until it snaps off
He chews to know he
Does and doesn’t exist—
Its like anorexia
But worse
Uncle history’s mouth
Is the first vacuum
Of the forgotten
Tant Pis

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