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The Trap

April 3, 2018
By jordan.post SILVER, Tirana, Other
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We all enter this trap, without exception
Since the moment of our inception
This trap, that kills us,
But not in the way that you think…
Oh no, you won’t die.
Rather,
It is yourself that will die,
Sooner or later,
In this evil system of ours…

© Emily E., Marblehead, MA

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