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The Threat of Permanence

with the threat of permanence comes dependence & with dependence comes vulnerability & with vulnerability comes sacrifice & with sacrifice comes reducing one’s own life by half or more & with the reduction comes a lack & with the lack comes a void & with the void comes the naïveté that it can be filled by ungrounded belief & with ungrounded belief comes faith & with faith comes the refusal to provide evidence & with the refusal comes certainty & with certainty comes ignorance & with ignorance comes sustainability & with sustainability comes comfort & with comfort comes complacence & with complacence comes submission & with submission comes defeat & defeat is the threat realized.

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Date: 1/19/2012 12:55:00 PM
Thank you for sharing your love of poetry with us Andrew. I enjoyed reading your writing today. Love, Carol
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