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Era of Dark Fulfillment

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By Paul StewartPublished 7 months ago 1 min read
Era of Dark Fulfillment
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Perhaps if I touched you, passed my plague directly to you like leprosy, you'd understand

Maybe if I breathed on you, exhaled my airborne bacterial or viral like 2020, you'd comprehend

My dreams breed more dreams that permeate then take root and suffocate choking the oxygen

---haps if I - -, passed my plague -

To you like you'd understand

Exhal--

Erasure of memory and self

at least

it's not chronic right now.

...

Not

Chronic

...

Era

...

Sure

...

Era of dark fulfillment

Light containme--

.

Are...

Erus.

I'm

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Paul Stewart

Award-Winning Writer, Poet, Scottish-Italian, Subversive.

The Accidental Poet - Poetry Collection out now!

Streams and Scratches in My Mind coming soon!

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    Written by Paul Stewart