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image id: a series of Twitter replies written by Richard Siken. They are unrelated, but collected based on the theme.

image 1: response to dietcokegirlie on Feb 25, 2025: "Love isn't a prize that we give to good people. Love is when two people make a good mix. Lots of evil people are deeply in love."

image 2: response to himself on June 27, 2024: "And how would you earn love anyway? Do you earn it by performing the required tasks? Do you earn it by being good? If you've earned it, that means it's owed to you. Do we love people to pay off a debt? Why do I have to love you? Why do you have to perform to make me love you?"

image 3: response to matchakacha on June 5, 2024: "Pretty much. Which is weird, because no one *deserves* love. Love and worth aren't connected. Love isn't a reward for good behavior. It shouldn't be a treat people use to train each other."

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"Grace to live at all—none of us did anything to deserve it. Being born. We spend our lives trying to figure out how to pay back the debt of being. And to whom we might pay it."

— Kaveh Akbar, Martyr!: A Novel (Knopf, January 23, 2024)