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“The Jest Of Life”<\/p>\r\n
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You play, you laugh.
You have great fun.
Then you’re knocked down,
Face hits the ground.
The jest of life.
You shake your head,
You look around.
It’s safe! You’re up and back
On the playground.
The jest of life.
You play, but cautiously.
Your laughter isn’t loud.
And then you find yourself again
With heavy bruises on the ground.
The jest of life.<\/p>\r\n
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GMO produce,
Poisonous ideologies.
Inevitability of mutations.
Consider yourself lucky
If you only get a 3rd eye!<\/p>\r\n
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Of the universe.
How can a speck like me
Resist your authority?!<\/p>\r\n
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No need to fight.
No need to run.
It’s over now.<\/p>\r\n
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Into your lungs I breathed new life.
Your face displays a happy grimace.
You flap your wings, you ache to fly,
But surely you will disappear
The moment you are out of sight.<\/p>\r\n
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from two
burning candles.
Set side by side
Fuses into one
substance
gently caressed
by a dim light.<\/p>\r\n
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To see myself
Hiding from the light
Of your essence.<\/p>\r\n
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in the wind
Swaying
Carefree.<\/p>\r\n
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Chattering non stop.
The mass of flesh and bones.
The ever restless mob.<\/p>\r\n
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The floating bubbles,
Arrange them
In coherent strings.<\/p>\r\n
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In my self-constructed prison
I can hear the nature’s voice
Humming the song of freedom.<\/p>\r\n
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Like a cat
I twist and turn
To land on my feet.<\/p>\r\n
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Sadly,
The evolution of the psyche
is taking place.<\/p>\r\n
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In the garden of life.
The boundless fragrance
Fills the bottomless mind.<\/p>\r\n
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The mind reflected
The screams of the body
Stiffened by neglect.<\/p>\r\n
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Of brainwash that is deeply entrenched
In my mind and in those of my peers
Be recognized and erased?<\/p>\r\n
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Planting nonsense in your head.
Watch out! Or you might end up
With crippled mind or simply mad.<\/p>\r\n
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Most sink into oblivion.
Few grasp the heads of millions,
But none for long survives.<\/p>\r\n
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I hop in a frog-like grace.
Exhausted by a hundred leaps
Limp back to the starting place.<\/p>\r\n
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