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rip the skin

rip the skin
from my face
hide me from
the human race

gouge out
my cursed eyes
being human
I no longer
want to be

mankind
far from
that ideal

(c)2009 Lenny Gazbowski
— Lenny of Cohen, Nov 17, 2009

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Kailashana

Kailashana

16 years 6 months ago

Sigh.We’re mostly walking

Sigh. We're mostly walking zombies anyway. ~A "...when it agrees with reason and it will benefit one and all, then accept it and live by it." ~ Buddha