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Feb 2013
Would you push
another soul off a cliff,
a rafter,
a ship? - walk the plank
aye, matey

that is, if you knew nobody was watching
if nobody was there,
ever to know,
would you do it?

if there were nobody to squeal,
to taddle,
to break,
engulf you in the scene of the crime

just how high do our morals stand?
We're going to breathe until the day we die
just keep at it
keep breathing, keep breathing

Myself?
I'm going to keep breathing until I stop
'til the very last breath in my body lets itself out

and whispers
"Stop."
Emily Ould
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