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Bloom and Rot

Naked I came, naked I’ll leave Then the worms will dine on me This circle of life I cannot flee A painless death is my only plea There is beauty in bloom, there is beauty in rot But in the end I’ll care not Fingers, toes, eyes, and bone I shall return to earth Life is a loan
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Written by
dawntreader
Published
Jan 6, 2017
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10·58
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Maybe I'll be a garden.

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#life#death#time#rot#decay#borrowed
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