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MindlessThinker

Published: Mar 3, 2012

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i think that maybe being
alive, live, living;

stomach and sternum
filled with life

is just as much a curse
as it is a blessing

and just as much a blessing
as it is a curse

(if this is some kind of revelation
it's a fucking joke,

'cause i sure as hell don't know
where i'm supposed to go from here)

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