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What's the Matter With My Mind

Catharsis has left US The silence in our thoughts is betrayed There is no mind-over-matter-- When mindlessness is all that matters An absence of conscience blinds US Our grief is unseen with fixated eyes We put the 'social' in 'Social Hierarchy'-- Booking a subscription, to save Face In an Instant, critical thinking weighs a Gram Shrinking in comparison to the Ego Selling our morals in a Snap-- We chat, minimally, with millions on the mind's surface Swimming in indifference: we're dead inside Forgetting why we are here We are fastened, clinging to a Vine-- Staring at our reflective slave masters: Scrolling... Scrolling... Scrolling...

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