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I was reading a book on mindful compassion but I fell asleep I had good intentions but something better came up I went to Vipassana meditation but a fart broke my focus I went on a 5-2 fast but I had to finish the plate I made a New Years resolution that fell into dissolution I had a healthy constitution till I found a lazy solution Once I was undecided but now I'm not so sure I thought I had climbed every mountain but have never climbed Mount Druitt I thought I had all the answers but never really knew it I thought I was young and fit till a girl offered me a seat I thought I was in demand but nobody rang I sat in a "quiet" carriage but announcements left silence in carnage I'm not a racist but ...
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Written by
rick-warr
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Published
May 22, 2016
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A play on contradiction and discipline.

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#but#opposites#contrary
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