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bang. bang.

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a feeling that wells up

choke out your anxieties with anticipation

it hurts, but you like it

a pain that courses

like lava

through your limbs

scorching your arteries

with fiery little twinges

you feel it in your chest

building up

boiling

bubblingdoublingtroubling

forcing its way out your throat

breathe…

breathe…

stop.

and it blares from your lungs

a shout

a release

so loud you feel free

you drift with the noise

you soar

bodiless but powerful

you reach the heavens

go far beyond

you are light

you are dust

you are the very energy that bursts from the sun

you are everything all at once…

and then you curl back up

tuck away in your shell.

that’s enough excitement for one day.

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