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A Heart, A Maze

Thank you for your time

and participation but

I'm sorry to say,

this was just a test.

 

A ****** social

and psychological

experiment on how

you handle insanity

in others.

 

You had impeccable defense

when I said, "I love you."

Immediate silence. Close your heart

like a steel door. The strongest

and most successful

response to

this behavior.

 

Some participants explode in the

test maze, can't handle any

mind games, loneliness,

suicide threats, pleas for

attention, among

other things.

 

You were my favorite

test subject. So much potential

I thought you might actually

get it. But, not quite

yet.

 

I'm sorry to put you through this,

my dear, my lab rat,

I just needed to push you

as far as you could possibly go

in order to maybe, one day,

feel you

push back.

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Feb 11, 2013
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