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Elizabeth A., Milford, CT

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"How areyou?"
"Good."
(oh, god, that was
the falsest of
blatant lies
to ever escape from
my repressed consciousness.
howcould I possibly
misconstrue the feeling
of drowning
in the primordialooze
of the earth
for a good thing?
what am I really?
I am sick
Iam tired
I am sad
I am anything but fine
I am a puppet being pulledby
some unknown strings,
conforming to the usual,
everydayroutine,
mouthing the one word
that everyone wants to,
expectsto
hear.
if I was myself I
would never say it.)
"No really, howare you?"
"I'm just fine."




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