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The boy inside the man

The little boy does not grow

into a man

 

The man grows around the boy

and encapsulates his innocence

 

Becoming a hard shell that is resistant to being cracked open

 

Nothing within gets out

Nothing without gets in

 

. . . the boy inside the man

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South-by-Southwest
75 / M / Birmingham , Alabama
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Feb 5
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