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Aug 2020
Life as we know it

I think we humans suffer from a death wish
we destroy nature, a heatwave in Siberia
burning down down the Amazon all in dayยดs work.
After this pandemic, the next one will be worse
we may be the last humans before we go up in the fire.
Iยดm tempted to throw off my mask, kiss people
and mingle with the crowd.
Apart from wearing the mask, I'm into hugging strangers,
but I can change.
Yet, there is always a yet, life is the only thing
we know, death is a foreign existence we now little
about and we fear its appearing nothingness.
jan oskar hansensapopt
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