the time it takes to slough off
the chaff of my personality
to separate who I am from traces
used by others to guide my soul
toward hell is infinitely small
when measured by any device
the mechanics of normality
can devise to compress me
into an unforgiving formula
where any variables are tightly
defined within predetermined
parameters to keep everyone
safe inside the possibility to be
a perfectly balanced equation
which cannot derive into me
(April 9, 2012)
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