Behold the annoying Amplifear
Trust thou neither eye nor ear
It will mimic familiar senses
To lower your defenses.

And though I’m not sure why they chose to write it,
Here’s what happens if you bite it:
Your health might become a harried mess
Due to toxic bitterness.

Toxic bitterness? Tell me, is this spore
Of dungeon-delving – or metaphor?
Our suspicion grows
Because this is a bit too on-the-nose.

If that wasn’t enough, it diversifies
It doesn’t speak, but it cries
A scream sufficiently painfully sonic
That you take damage stereophonic.

(Even the damned Amplifear
Is damaged by the screaming here.
Yet scream it does, apparently;
Habitual aberrancy.

And one more thing causes mental spins:
Apparently, it always has twins
And my question isn’t circumspect:
Who got close enough to look? How do you know?
Who checked?

Yet all in all, I still return
And on this matter, I’ll be strict
About that “toxic bitterness”
Really now:
Who licked?

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“It’s a little-known fact, but Unicorns are something like 20% paint, and their horns are stolen exclusively from endangered species.”
― Jeff Mach, There and Never, Ever Back Again

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