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Am I Insensitive?

By Mark Heathcote

Thu, 10 Nov 2011
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Ghosts come in the shape of the living
I‘ve seen, both
But; guess what?
It’s frightening how, alive
They are compared to those not yet, dying.

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short but pertinent

Permalink Submitted by seashore on Fri, 2011-11-11 07:04
short but pertinent
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