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this sickness

October 30, 2016
By megthepoet ELITE, Winnipeg, Manitoba
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megthepoet ELITE, Winnipeg, Manitoba
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Favorite Quote:
"We know what we are, but not what we may be" - Shakespeare

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the world shrunk
to the size of her bedroom
trapped within the restraining
four  walls


in the night
sound walked in
with high heels
skipped across the pavement


the coming and going of
conversations travelling


punishment of disease
trapped and confined
inside of these pale walls


blood pressure mounted
a pulse throbbing
this is the race between
pain and death

© Janessa B., Kannapolis, NC

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