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trick               poem             belie
                                                
this              smooth,           until

frank               and          exposed

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mind,               lost,                   it...
                                                
now               maybe          daresay
                
it's                 hidden     elsewhere

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redundant      guesses              and/or
                                      
questions          about                      life

make               meaning            certain

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subtly                different          thoughts

grace               realizations,           which

our                      starkest                  blur

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time,                          its                            eyes
                                                                  
your                         poem,                      blink

now;                          gray                        scene

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bear                     witness,                            a

child                  con­suming               poison

like                       purpose,                   watch

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now,                      slip                    knots,

firm                      words                    they

ghost,                    into                   tangle

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steal                    night,                       to

quiet                    your                      tear

of                           joy                     apart

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engineer,      through               your

close        conversation,    tempting

doors             guarding          secrets

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end,          the    ramble,

only        read   literally

when     words         fail

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