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In my foolish rush to be, I passed everything by, I took chance upon chance, Scheming for the next big thing. The next big push, As I let them all slip away, One by one. Through my gambler's hands. I knocked all of it down, Expectations, ambitions, Dreams. Searching for fulfillment, Of the false prophecy, Of emptiness. Whittled into an old fool, Upon his knees, As a broken dog, Feeding on the scraps of cast off love affairs. Deserving of no more than this. The standing dead tree, Too rotten to harvest, A waste of space.
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Aug 7, 2012
Aug 7, 2012 at 8:02 AM UTC
7 feet of Pine
In my foolish rush to be, I passed everything by, I took chance upon chance, Scheming for the next big thing. The next big push, As I let them all slip away, One by one. Through my gambler's hands. I knocked all of it down, Expectations, ambitions, Dreams. Searching for fulfillment, Of the false prophecy, Of emptiness. Whittled into an old fool, Upon his knees, As a broken dog, Feeding on the scraps of cast off love affairs. Deserving of no more than this. The standing dead tree, Too rotten to harvest, A waste of space.
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Aug 7, 2012
Aug 7, 2012 at 8:02 AM UTC
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