Madman

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I close my eyes

And this image floats beside me

A sweaty-toothed madman

With a stare that pounds my brain

His hand reach out and choke me,

And all the time he's mumbling.

Mumbling truth-truth

Like a blanket that always leaves your feet cold.

You push it,

Stretch it,

It'll never be enough

You kick at it,

Beat it,

It'll never cover any of us.

From the moment we enter crying,

To the moment we leave dying,

It'll just cover your face,

As you wail, and cry, and scream

-Todd Anderson, Dead Poets Society

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