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Embrasing

August 8, 2014
By AmandaaPandaa GOLD, Glen Cove, New York
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AmandaaPandaa GOLD, Glen Cove, New York
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"what lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us"!!

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The lighter's a trigger
I load my gun
And swallow the bullets
Straight to my lungs
With every drag
And hit I take
My thoughtless mind
Will come awake
No more
No more
Just coughing and heaving
And careless flying
I guess it's living
I guess I'm dying
And if I'm not
I'm surely trying

© Calvin C., Salt Lake City, UT

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