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8 or 9 dudes expecting at least 85 views/ Maybe a shot for the spot on the channel 5 news/ As he lay there imagining where his day went wrong/ with the only breath he has left cuz he won’t live long/ He’s wishing that he paid his child’s college fund in advance/ He understands that his chance won’t be great/ All these phones and no plans of an ambulance so it’s gone be late/ The wet amber veil distorts his vision of the patchwork quilt of baby mother cover/ Regrets of making amends and telling her how much he really loves her/ As he’s being shot from iphones from point blank range/ His brain strains to complain of pain and panic he desires to exchange/ There’s no words , adjective or verbs as he goes into shock , the numbness of the nerves/ Tragically he slides into silver slope of silent slumber, disappearing thoughts of his previous pontification/ He reaches his hand in his pocket, the natural response for the twitter notification/

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