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Finley CecilContemplative

I'm obsessed with the last word. The last word in a book The last word in a song The last word Ina sentence A poem A story A joke The last word that someone has spoken to me

My best friend was know My secret love was you My father was grass My mother was freak My brother was goodnight My enemy was fell And me? Star. The last word I spoke aloud was star.

I don't understand my love It's like a fetish of sorts Something I think is a bit stupid Something you don't talk about Something taboo

Words are just words right? No- words are constellations made of 26 meaningless letters Strung out with meanings of infinities

The last star is important The last word is important The last word is everything

To me sage

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The speaker confesses to a private obsession: the final word of anything, whether it's a book, a song, a joke, or something a person said to them. Each person in their life gets boiled down to one last word. A best friend becomes "know," a father becomes "grass," a brother becomes "goodnight," and the speaker themselves becomes "star," the last word they spoke aloud. It's a strange, touching way of summing up relationships, as if a whole person could be held in a single leftover sound.

The speaker is a little embarrassed. They call the habit a fetish, something "stupid" and taboo that you don't talk about. Then the tone shifts. Words aren't "just words" but constellations, meaningless letters strung together into infinite meanings. The star image ties it all together. The mood is quiet, confessional, and half-shy, ending with a small, firm claim that the last word is everything, at least to them.

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