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There's a pain in my chest. I can't shake it. I must share it. Because, believe it or not, everyone likes to hurt a little. Once I was nothing but blood and bones and guts. There I am! See me? My insides smashed on the pavement like a squirrel crushed by your recklessness. Your ego it shines brighter than ever. A gleaming zirconia necklace "ON SALE FOR JUST 10.99!!" Go ahead, dull it some before it turns a neck green. Bottoms up! The phone glued to your hand while there I rot picked at by birds and stray dogs. I carry this pain with pride. I wear it like a conference name tag. "Hello, my name is ROADKILL" Why wouldn't I? Someone will scrape my bones off the blacktop and wear them as jewelry. My body, my words, will be their name tag. Because some can display pain with pride. And corpses feed the soil. Bloom on.
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Apr 18, 2017
Apr 18, 2017 at 10:29 AM UTC
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There's a pain in my chest. I can't shake it. I must share it. Because, believe it or not, everyone likes to hurt a little. Once I was nothing but blood and bones and guts. There I am! See me? My insides smashed on the pavement like a squirrel crushed by your recklessness. Your ego it shines brighter than ever. A gleaming zirconia necklace "ON SALE FOR JUST 10.99!!" Go ahead, dull it some before it turns a neck green. Bottoms up! The phone glued to your hand while there I rot picked at by birds and stray dogs. I carry this pain with pride. I wear it like a conference name tag. "Hello, my name is ROADKILL" Why wouldn't I? Someone will scrape my bones off the blacktop and wear them as jewelry. My body, my words, will be their name tag. Because some can display pain with pride. And corpses feed the soil. Bloom on.
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Apr 18, 2017
Apr 18, 2017 at 10:29 AM UTC
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