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Deep Dark Fears

August 14, 2019
By Halcyonday PLATINUM, Johnson City, Tennessee
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Halcyonday PLATINUM, Johnson City, Tennessee
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Favorite Quote:
&quot;Why is it that we rejoice at a birth and cry at a funeral? It is because we are not the ones involved.&quot;<br /> -Mark Twain, &quot;Pudd&#039;nHead Wilson&quot;

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I worry that this sore throat

Will last forever

And I’ll recite my wedding vows

In a raspy new normal


I worry that my hair is falling out

With no signs of stopping

And I’ll be left with a head clear enough

To fry an egg on


I worry that the thing under my bed

Just wants to be friends

And I’ve been rough on the fellow

Poor thing


I worry that I’ll look in the mirror

In an unwise night

And I’ll see something

That doesn’t like me either


I worry that the world is ending slow

But then I know it’s ending fast

I wonder: will we ever reach a point

Not worth losing?

© Erin W., Louisville,KY

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