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Life is wasted on the living (Hitch Hiker's Guide to Galaxy Quote)

Moment by moment

Life drips out

And empties the soul

Of living

 

Full and contented

Living is not meant to be

Each moment passes by

Bringing its own emptying-ness

Scouring another few bits of happiness

To dump it in the trash of memories

And experiences

To live on

 

While life is being wasted

On living

In and out of belongingness

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Written by
shashi
Indian
Published
Sep 7, 2010
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@Shashi 2009

Note: The Title is a quote by the famous writer of "Hitch Hiker's Guide to Galaxy" by Douglas Adams that pormpted me to write this one. In fact to the think of it, he says in his book the secret of life is 42...

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