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# Inside        of              my                    head                                      Entombed                                    is                                         a                                                            B   R   A   I   N                                       Can’t                                              shake                                                       this                                                                        feeling                                                            That                                                                it’s                                                              not                                                                  the                                                                   same                                                      Infected sickness                                                 Covered with dull pain                                          A rabid                          werewolf                                       I’m trying                             to tame                                      Almost off                              the leash                                     I tug at                                    the reigns                                     Hold              on         with       sheer will                                     Have          nothing       to                 gain                                                                     My                       efforts;                  A joke                                    Fighting               a freight                   train                                     Through              grit teeth             I smile                                       Demeanor                                    I feign                                           Failure              coming            soon                                              My life,         one more        stain                                                                  Lost                                                                    sight                                                                       of                                                                       it                                                                         all                                                                   To                                                               what                                                              it                                                  pertains                                                       I                                                     am                                               sinking                                                 down                                                    Spinning in                                        the drain                                                     An                                                endless                                               battle                                         Forever                                      the                                 bane                              Of                       my            existence             No                   longer                    I’m                   sane……… #
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Jun 27, 2018
Jun 27, 2018 at 12:30 AM UTC
Brain Entombed
# Inside        of              my                    head                                      Entombed                                    is                                         a                                                            B   R   A   I   N                                       Can’t                                              shake                                                       this                                                                        feeling                                                            That                                                                it’s                                                              not                                                                  the                                                                   same                                                      Infected sickness                                                 Covered with dull pain                                          A rabid                          werewolf                                       I’m trying                             to tame                                      Almost off                              the leash                                     I tug at                                    the reigns                                     Hold              on         with       sheer will                                     Have          nothing       to                 gain                                                                     My                       efforts;                  A joke                                    Fighting               a freight                   train                                     Through              grit teeth             I smile                                       Demeanor                                    I feign                                           Failure              coming            soon                                              My life,         one more        stain                                                                  Lost                                                                    sight                                                                       of                                                                       it                                                                         all                                                                   To                                                               what                                                              it                                                  pertains                                                       I                                                     am                                               sinking                                                 down                                                    Spinning in                                        the drain                                                     An                                                endless                                               battle                                         Forever                                      the                                 bane                              Of                       my            existence             No                   longer                    I’m                   sane……… #
Written: May 1, 2018 (finished June 27, 2018) All rights reserved. [Anapestic Pentameter format]
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Jun 27, 2018
Jun 27, 2018 at 12:30 AM UTC
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