Greed, paranoia, and peace signs
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In the end greed killed humanity like an unwanted visitor that was lurking inside our darkened hearts all along, then the paranoia struck, just like the hippie from the attic said it would.
In the end we were our own demise, sugarcoated in false preciousness that we thought we could hide behind. screen names.
In the end we went out in a deafening silence, no bang, no zombies,
and no survivors.
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