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Adrião Pereira da Cunha's avatar

The poem reads like someone trying to put words to a feeling that’s been bothering them for a long time. The repetition rabbits but not rabbits sounds almost like the writer is circling the idea, trying to get closer without losing their nerve. What comes through is a very human discomfort with the way people can be treated as objects when power, money, or ambition take over. The poem isn’t making a literal claim; it’s wrestling with the fear of being reduced, used, or overlooked. There’s a tiredness in the lines about old stories repeating themselves, as if the speaker has seen this pattern too many times to be surprised anymore. And yet, the tone isn’t accusatory it feels more like someone thinking out loud, trying to understand why this image of humans as “rabbits” feels so unsettling. The ending softens everything: the writer admits this is just an instinctive attempt to turn a troubling idea into a poem, not a judgment on anyone. It’s messy, uneasy, and very human.

Parker McCoy's avatar

It's a brutal world sometimes and often, needlessly. Great poem.

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