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THE STRESS MAKES YOU SICK AND THE SICK MAKES YOU STRESSED. SLEEP, OUROBOROS. YOUR MEAL WILL STILL BE HERE IF YOU WAKE

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THERE IS SOMETHING IN MY CHEST. IN THE LUNGS. THE HEART. IT STRANGLES LIKE SNAKE-VINES AND SLITHERS UP INTO MY THROAT. STICKS LIKE OIL AND POOLS LIKE RANK WATER. IF I FEED IT, I AM SETTLED FOR A MOMENT, BUT IT GROWS. IT GROWS. AND I WILL LET IT, FOR AT LEAST I AM GIVEN RESPITE, HOWEVER TEMPORARY

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I THINK ABOUT THE STARS

IN THE WINTER I WOULD SEE THEM

AS I WALKED INTO WORK AT THE DEAD OF MORNING

BEFORE THE SUN CRESTS

MY HEAD TILTED BACK AS FAR AS I COULD

JUST TO GLIMPSE THE ELECTRIC-DROWNED SKY

BUT WITH SUMMER COMES EARLY DAWN

AND I DON'T WAKE AS EARLY ANYMORE

SO ALL I SEE OF THE STARS

ARE FASIMILIES AND REMINDERS

OF THOSE DISTANT SUNS

I SEE LIGHTNING BUGS ON A CLOUDY EVENING

OR THE PINPRICK REFLECTIONS

OF THE HALLWAY BULBS

CAST ON THE CEILING BY A PLASTIC DISCO BALL

AND I THINK OF WHAT LOOMS ABOVE ME

AND I DREAM OF CLEARER SKIES

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I CANNOT DENY MY NATURE. I WILL SOONER REMOVE MY FINGERTIPS BY THE JOINT TO SPARE YOUR FURNITURE BUT EVEN THEN I WILL NOT GIVE UP MY TEETH. WILL YOU DECORATE YOUR HOME WITH STURDIER STUFF OR DUMP ME ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD? I DOUBT I WILL BLAME YOU EITHER WAY

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THERE ARE THINGS I USED TO LIKE THAT I CANNOT STAND NOW. I REMEMBER EATING BUT I CAN'T REMEBER THE TASTE. I AM NOT THE SAME PERSON I WAS A YEAR AGO. I AM NOT THE SAME PERSON I WAS YESTERDAY. I WILL BE NEW TOMORROW.

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YOU WANT TO CRY HAVOC

SCREAM INTO THE SILENCE

BREAK THE PEACE WITH SNARLED WORDS

YOU FEEL IT IN YOUR THROAT

IT WAITS, MALINGERING, BETWEEN YOUR TEETH

AND YET YOU STAY SILENT

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GREETING ACKNOWLEDGEMENT INTRODUCTION EXPLANATION

QUESTION DURATION RESPONSE ELABORATION

THANKS FOR THE TIME & FAREWELL

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WE HAVE NOT NOR WILL EVER MEET

BUT I KNOW YOU. I KNOW YOU.

I WILL NEVER SEE YOUR FACE NOR WILL YOU SEE MINE

AND IF ONE DAY OUR PATHS DO CROSS

WE WILL NOT RECOGNIZE EACH OTHER

BUT I KNOW YOU IN WAYS YOU DO NOT KNOW YOURSELF

TO ME YOU ARE NUMBERS AND A NAME AND A FEW DROPS OF BLOOD

TO YOU I AM NOTHING. I AM NOTHING

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I AM A FORCE OF NATURE

MADE FROM CLAWS AND TEETH

I DO NOT BELONG ABOVE THE SOIL

NOR I BELONG BENEATH

DO YOU SEE ME? CAN YOU HEAR ME?

DO YOU KNOW ME? CAN YOU TELL?

WHICH ONE OF US IS TRULY FREE

AND WHO IS IN THE CELL?

ARE THESE IRON BARS BETWEEN US

FOR YOUR SAKE OR MY OWN?

DO YOU KNOW? DO YOU WANT TO?

DOES IT MATTER? DO YOU CARE?

WHICHEVER WAY YOU SPIN IT, IN THE END, WE'RE BOTH ALONE

YOU MUST NOT TRY TO TOUCH ME

OR TRY TO MAKE THINGS RIGHT

FOR EVEN IF I KNOW YOUR HAND

I AM ANGRY, AND I BITE

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LIKE AN ANIMAL PACING IN A CAGE. LOOK AT ME AND KNOW THAT IF I WERE GIVEN THE FREEDOM MY JAWS WOULD BE ON YOUR THROAT. KNOW THAT IF YOU WERE IN MY PLACE I WOULD SHOW YOU THE SAME MERCY YOU HAVE SHOWN ME. KNOW THIS AND DESPAIR

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TASTE OF METAL. BLOOD AND WELL WATER AND THINGS THAT BREAK UNDER TEETH.

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NOWHERE TO GO. NOTHING TO DO. NO ONE TO BE. UNWELCOME UNWORTHY UNWANTED

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DO YOU KNOW NOTHING DO YOU REMEMBER NOTHING

I REMEMBER

THOSE ARE THE PEARLS THAT WERE HIS EYES

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THE GLASS IS SMOOTH THE WATER IS STILL AND ITS HUNGRY AND ITS PERFECT AND ITS TERRIFYINGLY CRUEL

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OH GOD OH HELL OH LAME SAINT OH WRETCHED THING

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TO BITE TO REND TO TEAR TO LIVE

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NOTHING BEGTS NOTHING. LIKE DRAWS TO LIKE. GARBAGE IN GARBAGE OUT. YOU ARE WHAT YOU EAT