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I'm told the sky is blue. God is dead. Lead is heavier than cotton. I'm not convinced I know where the sky starts. You need proof, like a birth certificate, to be declared dead. Cotton and lead can both weigh a gram or a tonne. So, my conundrum... how do I write about what I know. My name is Francie. I have a birth certificate, and it's yellowing...fast. Whatever comes after this is pure speculation. However, our opinions are weighed With equations and laws. Laws. There's a thumb on the scales. Reason is subjective. Water is wet... warm... hard... vaporous... dry... I can write about death, while I'm alive, believing in it. My forehead is bleeding from pounding my lack of truths into verse For readers to think of the possible, for certain.
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Jun 22, 2017
Jun 22, 2017 at 10:06 PM UTC
How Can Truth Help Me
I'm told the sky is blue. God is dead. Lead is heavier than cotton. I'm not convinced I know where the sky starts. You need proof, like a birth certificate, to be declared dead. Cotton and lead can both weigh a gram or a tonne. So, my conundrum... how do I write about what I know. My name is Francie. I have a birth certificate, and it's yellowing...fast. Whatever comes after this is pure speculation. However, our opinions are weighed With equations and laws. Laws. There's a thumb on the scales. Reason is subjective. Water is wet... warm... hard... vaporous... dry... I can write about death, while I'm alive, believing in it. My forehead is bleeding from pounding my lack of truths into verse For readers to think of the possible, for certain.
francie-lynch
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Jun 22, 2017
Jun 22, 2017 at 10:06 PM UTC
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