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defenestrate
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since 2003-01-10
Posts 46
nc, us
0 posted 2003-02-26 03:29 AM

every flaw is fatal
each word an admission
my coyness the weapon
of my own unmaking

so all i render
will soon abase me
as those words had
when i was younger

what use is autonomy
i feel no sting
no pang of conscience
no roar of indignation

pushing weightless objects
through empty spaces
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Georgia
1 posted 2003-02-26 10:16 AM

some people will keep going after futile things when achievable things are in thier grasp
Susan Caldwell
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since 2002-12-27
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Florida
2 posted 2003-02-26 10:18 AM

Very nice, I can certainly relate.

Susan
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since 2002-11-18
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the ass-end of space
3 posted 2003-02-26 10:27 AM

Amen..
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