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Fear

There in the corner of the black beneath my bed

There lies a box not the size of my head
From within lurks a creature, never seen before
hind legs in the air and chest to the floor
 
The blood in my head, heavy and warm
Like the breath of the air prior a storm
Locked in place, I feel a prick on my neck
An aura behind me I'm unable to check
 
Pushing me under, I've no ...

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Fear   night   terror   monster   creature   creatures of the night   dark   dark matter

The Dark Matters

that wise bard once quoth

β€œmore things in heaven and earth”
never words truer

revealed

the merest seventeen percent
what terror lies hid in that
lost four score and three

regard

those tricks of the night
must need more fearful attention
with chances so high

recondite

inscrutable dark
hides nature in majority
one day ascendant

reflect

per...

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higgs boson   universe   dark matter   reality   like woooah man

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