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Down

By Myndstorm

Thu, 02 Apr 2009
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You sit there in the dark
and die in pieces
bit by bit becoming
useless lumps of meat
on softened bones
once sharp eyes
smokey grey
you miss the night
and long for day
stagnant water
pooling in your
veins I watch you
slowly spilling down
the drain.

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