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You're Not Unique In Dying

February 2, 2012
By brighteyes GOLD, Arlington, Virginia
brighteyes GOLD, Arlington, Virginia
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YOU’RE NOT UNIQUE IN DYING

He swallowed time and space with a glass of water

and fell ill for three days

and four nights

while they held his organs in jam jars

and inspected the self-inscribed art

emanating from wrists and ankles

And after three days and four nights

eighty four hours and nine and a half minutes

they pumped clocks and stars from his stomach

and he was able to smile

once more



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