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FEAR 222x333

By jfunt

Sun, 18 Feb 2007
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Fear,,,
floods the system like acid on a feather
inflicting wounds upon the soul

into which one slips and slips and slips

Fear,,,
smolders in the charred ephemera of the spirit
soiling the impermanent poignancy of innocence

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