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Candy Cane Games, I Play
Candy cane, it’s all in vain, drives me insane, slices my veins.
Laughing, through the pain, down memory lane, it’s all a game.
Dripping red, wish I were dead, dread in my head, I hate candy canes.
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This is a Sijo, a type of Korean poem, about struggling with self harm and the usage of so-called 'dark humor' to minimize the pain as an ineffective coping mechanism.