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i can't breathe

edited 6/1/20: i made this a few weeks before everything happened with george floyd. i'd just like to say that it was completely coincidental and wasn't supposed to make light of the situation in any way. rest in peace mr. floyd

Ended June 6, 2020 • 15 Entries • Created by d1ss0c14te

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i can't breathe

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I can’t breathe

I can’t breathe.

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Not anymore.

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I’m suffocated

by the

darkness.

It closes in all around me,

with no escape.

***

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I’m drowning,

grasping for air

in the lies and falsifications.

They crush the air out of my lungs.

***

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I’m choked

by hate and malice.

The hate you gave so lovingly,

wraps its bony fingers around my neck

in a cold embrace

and squeezes.

again.

***

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