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I fear how much my heart would bleed To witness real tragedy To sink in Flanders Field To collapse in Choeung Ek To scream for mercy in Nanking To beg before the walls of Baghdad A life of insulation Pain relative to the first world My heart hardly calcified Compared to the bones of those who died Hardly removed from the horrors of mankind My drywall castle shields each breath So hardly removed From the stench of death
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Sep 26, 2015
Sep 26, 2015 at 12:56 PM UTC
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I fear how much my heart would bleed To witness real tragedy To sink in Flanders Field To collapse in Choeung Ek To scream for mercy in Nanking To beg before the walls of Baghdad A life of insulation Pain relative to the first world My heart hardly calcified Compared to the bones of those who died Hardly removed from the horrors of mankind My drywall castle shields each breath So hardly removed From the stench of death
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Sep 26, 2015
Sep 26, 2015 at 12:56 PM UTC
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