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#specificity
Originality is overrated We are at our most original The moment we are born The rest of our lives is for specificity Not for staring in awe at something different But building with blocks already used Style is arranging those pieces in ways that are pleasing to our species Humility is gaining pieces from others Specificity is collecting as many components as possible In the most unique manner available Because when I'm traveling I have a destination in mind And it's not just anywhere It's a specific city We must sift through the mud to find the diamonds we build with The dew forms on the grass at night It's beauty eludes us until morning As our terrace becomes a tower Specialties become more apparent As our tower becomes a tomb Glory becomes more transparent Not wanting to be a cliche is such a cliche Tradition is our foundation For we're only truly free once we're given constraints Who do we ***** these facades for anyway? Do we want everybody to enjoy our lobby? Or do we want one person so interested That they climb the rungs to the top floor? I'd prefer the latter So I continue growing new wings on my structure To attain specificity Until the day someone comes along and says "Oh my God, I **** with this **** so hard, how did you know?" I'll respond "I have no idea what this is or how I built it." But I built it for you
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Jun 26, 2017
Jun 26, 2017 at 11:30 AM UTC
Specificity
Not an amulet, an off white vertebrae; bone. Brass wire, a loop at one end. It bends as to make sure this will fit. A gauge that measures mesmerization, And we both must get along, but Not because we're not tough enough: Most of us aren't soft right yet. So many stiffs, folly after folly. The whole carful of loose cadavers, Dangling, their feet hang with wet snow And carnage, Not even musk deer pop up, They've all gone. Roosting in a parabol, With X's sprayed to their groins. Burning pop couples Doing it like laboratory mice. Capybaras Hiss, my own burnt blood is also Flocculating. Turn the cup upside down and See the fire's balmy lachrymal opaque Moss while it does not drip. This is the story of man you asked me about; Devoid of a muzzle, fur onto his chest; coarse Hair in a garland. It is the God of a tool that buzzes into the night. A plateau for this most sensible study. We feel another coming. And when you awoke, your larval tongue My eye mush, a song of verse and melancholy. This half list of greatness, a tally we both wish to see.
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Apr 26, 2014
Apr 26, 2014 at 4:38 AM UTC
those mice