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Free Verse Mind
I’ve been informed about the ways of this life
 And I’ve been warned that it cuts like a knife
 
 But what good are speeches of others
 When wondering everyday are my sisters and brothers
 
 Fate is lazy
 
 I’ve come to realize we are not mere players in a game:
 My life is not in the hand of fate
 And we are not all the same
 
 My fortune is not spun on a wheel 
 And the Grim Reaper is not my guest to each meal
 
 Fate is irresponsible
 
 I am not an actor on the stage of fate
 I run my own course and start at my own gate
 
 Life is a pot of soup:
 What I put in is what I get back
 To a fearing god I do not stoop
 And at the sight of death I do not turn black
 
 Fate is stupid
 
 I am free to believe, to breathe, to be
 Fate cannot contact my mind
 And when I die or hurt or hunger
 The cogs of my thoughts are free

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