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Sep 17
It's no surprise
A sorrowful reprise
Plays as the soul it hides
Gives in once again
To the echo of lies
And familiar lullabies
That ring as it cries
To the cracks that appear
Like lurking spies
Before it withers and dies
Leaving empty eyes

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Jeremy Betts
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Jeremy Betts  42/M/Washington State
(42/M/Washington State)   
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