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Poetry
Heavy pen and heavier heart. It seems this kind of weight travels from material to immaterial, suffocating as it ever is, shifting my perception of the world. The ink has to spill somewhere, keeping it all for me has gotten too much. Here's an attempt at spilling it beautifully instead of replicating the mess in my head.
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