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Rated: E · Poetry · Dark · #2159343

Surprise, she said, the world is dead

Surprise, she said, the world is dead

It happened during your dreaming
Of a better life
Lacking struggle or strife

It wilted
Nourished by neglect
There is no starting over

So take what you have
But not what you want
And do what you need
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