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Today is the day I determine how I plan to die:         I will lay in a field,         With flowers in my hair          And gold coins on my eyes.         He will stand over my corpse,         his hands flaying helplessly         to save my naked soul         (but he cannot breathe         Life into a body's that is         Already cold.)            I want children to pick out my teeth and         Then plant them in their backyards;            So when the luscious fruit            Is picked by their tender hands            Tears can fall for their dead muse         (making my insides taste even better)         They shall be blessed         With the gift of metaphors         And they shall be hated.      The ground shall attack them      As they speak of "anti-love"      Their feet will grow weary of      Constant thorns      And heavy thoughts                 (They'll give up.) My legacy will survive in         His hands.
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May 30, 2010
May 30, 2010 at 3:03 PM UTC
Legacy
Today is the day I determine how I plan to die:         I will lay in a field,         With flowers in my hair          And gold coins on my eyes.         He will stand over my corpse,         his hands flaying helplessly         to save my naked soul         (but he cannot breathe         Life into a body's that is         Already cold.)            I want children to pick out my teeth and         Then plant them in their backyards;            So when the luscious fruit            Is picked by their tender hands            Tears can fall for their dead muse         (making my insides taste even better)         They shall be blessed         With the gift of metaphors         And they shall be hated.      The ground shall attack them      As they speak of "anti-love"      Their feet will grow weary of      Constant thorns      And heavy thoughts                 (They'll give up.) My legacy will survive in         His hands.
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May 30, 2010
May 30, 2010 at 3:03 PM UTC
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