Tried to write a tritina instead of a sestina. It sort of worked!
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Save your ridicule.
It’ll only make me hiss.
Nothing you can do can absolve
you. You are a scab, solv-
ing your own ridicule-
filled life by trying to erase your his-
tory. You pick at the wounds and hiss
then try to hurt me to absolve
your own guilt from the ridicule
inflicted by parents who thought ridicule
was a form of love. Turn your hiss-
es into kisses and our issues will be solved.