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the impact of the damage done in fact an inactive radio doesn't play but if it's in a state of static the exact amount of millirems is about how i feel overexposed as i approach the site where i work and as i get nearer the clicking begins as the geiger counter needle reveals the tension within yet i must go in pulling open the door and as i swipe my badge it knows i'm there by knowing my name being aware that my blood pressure has changed as the turnstile turns as teeth that gnash and snap to swallow through more mouth doors that lead me into the belly of the beast and at best i can find relief at least in my locker locking in my soul for safety for that day that i may re main non genetically changed by not radioact ivity but idiotic numb ing nega tiv it y

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Date: 12/11/2019 9:52:00 AM
There are many toxic environments. Hopefully home remains your Eden.
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Jeff Connelly
Date: 12/11/2019 6:10:00 PM
Thanks Richard, but I find my Eden is within me. I write most of my poetry at work; so my mind is miles away from a melt down.
Date: 12/11/2019 12:01:00 AM
It sounds like you work in a nuclear reactor plant. Get out!
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Jeff Connelly
Date: 12/11/2019 12:46:00 AM
Thanks Caren, but no I work for the USPS and the negativity is worse then a nuclear power plant melt down lol.

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