the empty pavement outside my front door

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the empty pavement outside my front door

i turned it down
and it melted right to the ground
if the rain hadn't washed it away
then maybe i would've felt pity
or guilt
or even grief
but i have no time to mourn my actions
if the consequences no longer lie outside my front door

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