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Dec 2012
Okay
So just do me this one favor
Please
Just sit down
If you're already seated, great
Stay there

Now
Relax
Close your eyes
For a while
Listen to your thoughts

Listening?
If you listen hard enough
You may just be able to make out
The
Spaces
Between each
And every
Thought
Try it

Do you recognize the spaces?
It might be so easy
At first
But once you
Relax
And keep trying
It should become
Pretty
Easy

This is a form of meditation
I try to do it every day
When a situation becomes
Overly stressful
Or things seem to be getting
Out of hand
Up there in my
Brain
Nothing works better
When you just want
To
Slow
Down

After all
If there were no
Spaces
Between
These
Words
You could read them
Sure
But try
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If that made any sense
And it probably
Didn't
Then you probably have
A clearer picture
Of what I'm getting at
Or not
John
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John  28/M/New York
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