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when i was 10
I watched my hamster run Full speed towards the glass of his cage The wheel turned rapidly Beneath his paws He stopped But the wheel took him for a ride His body flailed in the belly of machine he once powered Jenny told Forrest "Whenever you get scared Run Don't try to be brave, just run" because Jenny was running too We are all running Running from or towards ourselves Later I would witness the hamster Defy the intended use of that wheel He stuffed the bedding beneath it It was stopped in its tracks A wrench had been thrown into its gears He shakily scaled its sides and Over and out of the cage he went That hamster was wiser than most men We were born dead
Drawing closer to our last breath From the very first Withering before EACH OTHER'S eyes With smiles etched on our decaying faces We watch the hands As time patiently peels away the layers of our flesh Fatality awaits all who draw breath We bear the same fate, death Oh how fragile and broken We mortals are But the future casts a cast spell protecting our vulnerable form The future etches an escape From the fates The future Turns Venom to wine We are the future It is in our power To immortalize ourselves Yet we are selfish and cruel Blinded by the rays of now Distorting our views So we can't see beyond Our own lifetimes We keep ourselves mortal Leaving nothing behind Hate, War, Pillage, and Con It's a nasty pedestal Mankind sits on He will fall and we will rebuild Emerging from the flames Anew Fresh like morning glory Leaves kissed by dew We are the future But first We must snatch the blinders from our eyes We can Cheat the test of time Immorality is real Protect the Future Because The end is near I am only but 22
But I have experienced an emptiness akin To 44 year old men With giant toy cars And life-sized barbies to squeeze them in I too crushed this dry fruit That had become my life Head thrust back mouth wide With squinted eyes Drawing the illusion That a drop of joy might fall and Graze the tongue For I had forgotten it's taste |
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