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Sep 2017
I am trying not to sleep as much
as what I used to do
and in trying this to stay awake my
thoughts return to you
and in the thoughts alone a thousand
days flash fast before my eyes
the screaming wheels and
that's how torture feels
when no one hears your cries.
John Edward Smallshaw
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John Edward Smallshaw  68/Here and now
(68/Here and now)   
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