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Child's Play

Do you remember

When we were young

And hopeless

And we thought

We were invincible?

Until the rotten world

Gnawed on us

Like infinity waves

Crashing over and over

On summer sun-blanched bones

And whittled us down

To nothing but forgotten sand

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Published: Jan 4, 2018
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Notes: i guess this is growing up

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