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Death hates everyone

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PagesOfDreams

Published: May 6, 2010

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Literature Text

Tear ducts find a way
to open that organ
that pumps blood;
crack it every time
it moves.

Best friends find a way
to slip through your veins,
breathe their last;
leave your mind
with havoc.

Lovers find a way
to kiss your nature,
your being,
your insides and outs,
leaving you with
tissue flesh hanging.

Fathers find a way
to nurture your brain,
stir the gray matter

and bash the temporal lobe.

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I'm in disbelief. I don't know what to feel.

For those of you that don't know..."The temporal lobe controls hearing and some aspects of language perception, emotion, and memory. " [link]