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bile
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rises in me
as I think of the pain
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Pain
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ferments in me
as I think of the grief
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Grief
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transforms into
Blind Rage and Anger
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I try to
focus
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on anything
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anything
but the truth
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just to offer
~ㅤ ㅤ respite
~
to my tormented psyche
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~
my punished soul bleeds a little each day
every
~
~ every atrocity
by others
~
~ ㅤ ㅤ ㅤin power
~ ㅤ ㅤ ㅤ ㅤobscene ㅤdelight
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Paul Stewart
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