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March 20, 2012
By Siobhan PLATINUM, Phoenix, Arizona
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"'At a certain part in your life. Probably when too much of it has gone by. You will open your eyes and see yourself for who you are. Especially for everything that made you so different from all the awful normals. And you will say to yourself, "But I am this person." And in that statement, that correction, there will be a kind of love.' - Phoebe In Wonderland

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You are my cancer
My disease and disaster
And in this sickening battle
You become my romancer
I shut my eyes in the mirror
Yet you don’t disappear
Twisted and entwined we are
We exist
As an entity of its own
One – Itself - You - Me – We - Us.
Poison is the only solution
For to rid myself of you
I must die too
For as I thrive, you are alive
Only in my illness do you leave
Because there is nothing left valuable in me
As I come to greet death
You steal my final breath
I am abused and no longer of use

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