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A Half Life Or Radiocarbon Dating

When the carbon -14 is gone from your bones, And nothing remains but a hull, I’ll still hold your taste in my dry, empty jaw, Having etched AHM in my skull As the sun will not shine And my heart will decay No more will an N Feel the sweet cosmic rays Until all I can do is play along, quiet As all that I say will be wrong, or defiant Every chemical taken, In hopes they might calm me, Become but an agent, To embalm and prolong the - wait I can't wait for the times when I'll see you again, Though, each time I'll be secretly flooded with pain A Gala, Penelope, Laurie, a muse And all of this, a cold fuse

Copyright © | Year Posted 2013




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