09-15-2014, 06:24 AM
(09-15-2014, 12:49 AM)ellajam Wrote: < instructions >
and of these things we cannot bear
who strain to raise their sleepy heads
we face them with all we hold dear
and gently lay them in their beds
not you
not I
the perfect god
but living in the human skin
won't spoil the child to spare the rod
compassion
quells
the war within
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Sorry,the brain doesn't always follow instructions.
< Empirical Puma >
Our god's withdrawn;
our passion cold.
We cannot bear;
we cannot hold.
Our human skin
splits down to bone.
Our soul departs,
for parts unknown.
At least the cat's
not bid adieu;
it seems aged meat's
an tasty chew.
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instructions don't follow brain
a brightly colored fungus that grows in bark inclusions


