Because I was born
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Because I was born (Edit 1: Milo)

Mother, father, gorgonopsid fawn,
ancestors - I love you all.
Because there is nothing afterward, 
before - even so, I was born.
Not a filtered out improbability
of a bone dry statistician god,
but made to be awed 
by everything: sludge digesters,
Saturn’s rings,
and Shakespeare, 
resolving 
into clay
from which I spawned.



Original:
Mother, father, gorgonopsid fawn,
ancestors - I love you all.
Because there is nothing afterward, 
before - even so, I was born.
Not crossed out as an improbability
by a bone dry statistician god,
but made to be awed 
by everything: sludge digesters,
Saturn’s rings,
and Shakespeare. 
Finally, dissolving
into clay
from which he spawned.
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Messages In This Thread
Because I was born - by busker - 01-08-2026, 08:05 PM
RE: Because I was born - by milo - 01-08-2026, 09:11 PM
RE: Because I was born - by busker - 01-08-2026, 09:18 PM
RE: Because I was born - by milo - 01-08-2026, 09:20 PM
RE: Because I was born - by busker - 01-08-2026, 10:16 PM
RE: Because I was born - by milo - 01-09-2026, 01:21 AM
RE: Because I was born - by busker - 01-09-2026, 04:37 AM
RE: Because I was born - by milo - 01-09-2026, 05:24 AM
RE: Because I was born - by busker - 01-09-2026, 06:16 AM
RE: Because I was born - by milo - 01-09-2026, 07:35 AM
RE: Because I was born - by milo - 01-18-2026, 10:18 AM
RE: Because I was born - by busker - 01-18-2026, 06:11 PM



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