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SLOW MURMUR

SLOW MURMUR 
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there’s a kind of
                 s a d n e s s
that seeps into your skin;
          it lets you breathe
                    and smile even,
but when shadows hang
          heavy at night
                    let yourself 
               d i s s o l v e
into the slow murmur
          of the
               v o i d

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