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Today I killed the last piece of love inside me. I fed it poison and watched it convulse and die as the cicadas rotated shifts in my ears. Yesterday a blind woman touched my face as I carried her through the desert to the Holy Lake in the mountains. She touched my face and asked me to put her down; she no longer wanted my help because she knew my nothing was greater than hers. Tonight I drink the shadows of your name, heavy with time.
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May 2, 2013
May 2, 2013 at 8:40 PM UTC
Sand of centuries
Today I killed the last piece of love inside me. I fed it poison and watched it convulse and die as the cicadas rotated shifts in my ears. Yesterday a blind woman touched my face as I carried her through the desert to the Holy Lake in the mountains. She touched my face and asked me to put her down; she no longer wanted my help because she knew my nothing was greater than hers. Tonight I drink the shadows of your name, heavy with time.
JohnM
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May 2, 2013
May 2, 2013 at 8:40 PM UTC
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