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  December 2023     2 months ago

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Why I flinch

You ask me why it is, that I flinch
With every sudden movement
That I don't see coming
Like I expect to be hit ?
It's a leftover reaction.
Like a residual tic.
A predetermined mechanism
Physically attempting to defend
My physical self.
For...

by Niki Marie betsill

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A helluva dream

Down the rabbit hole I'm falling
Can't you hear the voices calling
From the darkness Creeping, crawling
Insanity, absurdity
A new day dawning
Judgements pending, Sins atoning
Wicked people and Lost souls roaming
Picked apart And tortured...

by Niki Marie betsill

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