Short Dwindling Away Poems

Sometimes I speak
just to make sure
the words still come out of my mouth
with sense

I never really 
say the things 
I truly mean,
those thoughts come out 
so much easier 
on paper

I think the world 
is a shallow, heartless place
to spend forever
dwindling away,
dying

So I make sense of this doom
with ridicule and humor
even though I understand
Life isn't funny

So what is it?...

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I am shrinking,
I am shrinking,
I am dwindling away,
And i hardly need to tell you this is not a normal day.
Now i'm smaller than a pickle,
Than a pencil,
Than a prune,
And it's patently apparent i will vanish very soon.
I am shrinking,
I am shrinking,
I am smaller than a bean,
And unless there's a reversal,
I will exit from the scene.
I'm receding every second,
Now i'm smaller than a flea,
A midge,
A molecule,
And now i'm nothing to see........

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