Poem: They All Came to Say Hello

They All Came to Say Hello

but you do not want to see
them.  You did not ask
them to come here, did
not want any such nonsense,
but now, they have come,
uninvited they have arrived.
You would have said, do not
come, please, it is not needed
or even what I want right now,
but they are here, have come
all the way here to say hello,
have made it so you must
let them in, if you do not
wish to be judged rude
or selfish.  No, you must
let them in, though they
were never invited.

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