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(exeunt)

blood on my lips

dirt in my hair

a smile hidden somewhere in the grimace

your foot looks for something

apparently hidden in my chest

a lung?

it's found both of those already

-

it finished searching

you left me dying

I guess I should feel disappointed

or maybe angry

to have been dealt my losing hand

but  it's best

not to take this silly place too seriously

-

they said

we'd all live forever

someday beat back the creeping death

with it's sleeve full of aces

probably not anytime soon

seeing how

we can't stop killing each other

-

once I thought

life was something big

maybe it will be in time

this little joke

looking at it in dry, acquiescent humor

at least

we all still have a punch line

-

[ba-dum, kssh]

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james-fate
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Apr 2, 2013
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