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So far things have been pretty great. Not much to complain about. Ever food upon my plate. And yet to be blessed with gout. I started as a little boy. Probably crying. Who cares or knows? Turned into a crawling bag of blood. Ten fingers and ten toes. A fun but forgotten formation. With morning baths my plight. Mountains of information. Before a slumbered switch of light. Sometimes sleep eluded me. Sometimes I eluded it. But food was always fresh and free. Computer monitor always lit. Avoiding smoked pressure. As a rarely rebellious teen. The black of my shirts a measure.   Of the horrors I've yet to see. Some studies, stress and cars. Normal, expected, much like most. Some loves, regrets and bars. Some bacon, eggs and toast. ----------- Or ----------- Like the many, many others. With ever waning health. Untouched by a loving mother. Not born with relative wealth. I sleep in slums, streets and shacks. With whole hunger in my eyes. I live inside the calloused cracks. Of a veiled, dirt disguise. Today's another closing door. Another dose of killing time. To letters I am an underscore. The darkest beam of sunshine. Tomorrow seems like much the same. More escaping to get by. Living inside the cruelest game. Difficulty set to high. The transparent cloak I wear. Has been through the coldest times. It protects me from the stares. Of their perfect, endless eyes. I am nothing but these begging hands Nothing but a will to cope. A lack of plans and fashion brands. The lack of a noosed hope.
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Mar 19, 2016
Mar 19, 2016 at 6:25 PM UTC
Pretty Great
So far things have been pretty great. Not much to complain about. Ever food upon my plate. And yet to be blessed with gout. I started as a little boy. Probably crying. Who cares or knows? Turned into a crawling bag of blood. Ten fingers and ten toes. A fun but forgotten formation. With morning baths my plight. Mountains of information. Before a slumbered switch of light. Sometimes sleep eluded me. Sometimes I eluded it. But food was always fresh and free. Computer monitor always lit. Avoiding smoked pressure. As a rarely rebellious teen. The black of my shirts a measure.   Of the horrors I've yet to see. Some studies, stress and cars. Normal, expected, much like most. Some loves, regrets and bars. Some bacon, eggs and toast. ----------- Or ----------- Like the many, many others. With ever waning health. Untouched by a loving mother. Not born with relative wealth. I sleep in slums, streets and shacks. With whole hunger in my eyes. I live inside the calloused cracks. Of a veiled, dirt disguise. Today's another closing door. Another dose of killing time. To letters I am an underscore. The darkest beam of sunshine. Tomorrow seems like much the same. More escaping to get by. Living inside the cruelest game. Difficulty set to high. The transparent cloak I wear. Has been through the coldest times. It protects me from the stares. Of their perfect, endless eyes. I am nothing but these begging hands Nothing but a will to cope. A lack of plans and fashion brands. The lack of a noosed hope.
rowan
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Mar 19, 2016
Mar 19, 2016 at 6:25 PM UTC
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