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Infectious disease

The world's most infectious disease is the falsification of reality, it spreads like wildfire and everybody does it...that's why the world is in flames.

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Untouched but not Unfelt

Untouched but not Unfelt


Spent years like a husk
now life is kindling again,
purifying from pain
and pleasantly plentifulĀ 
at present.Ā 

The cage of the StateĀ 

is nothing,Ā 

for I traversed the labyrinth of my own mind
and survived.

So I shall recognise shackles
as a concept,
but be mindful of surrendering control.Ā 

Isolate from crowds but not from feelings,
not from unde...

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