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Spendthrift

A thought on the squandering of our emotional resources, the premonition of a navel-gazer's trek toward emotional bankruptcy.



 

Spendthrift,



malingering
along
uncharted frontiers
liquid sorrow
bastes
unformed words
whose crystal
resonant vibrance
reverberates
within
a pilgrim soul
gaze once more
upon your
lint-filled navel
and share
the blos...

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navel-gazing   emotional-bankruptcy   soulless-existence

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