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Ode to Otium (twisted)

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Submitted by perspiciens on July 22, 2008 - 17:28.
Podcast: 

“If you leave
Things will go back
To the way
They always were”

“Things are
The way
They always
Were”

“Not for
Me”

At present

I can see
This conversation
A few ways

Me -> someone -> me
Someone -> me -> someone
Me -> me -> me

The first
One person
In particular
Three in stretching points

The second
You know
Who you are
But not
What may happen

The third
My insane self
Talking to me
Role playing
I guess

I’m confused
I understand
I’m melancholy
I’m in high-spirits
I wonder
I know

My life
Is a goddamn
Paradox

My frequent nostalgia
Complicates life
For everyone

Bringing up old topics
Ripping off old scabs
Pondering symbolic interpretations

I feel like
I’m a pain
A splinter
A blister

With the need to know
Everything
All the time
RIGHT NOW!!!

Just remember
Who I am
What I am

That I’m me

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