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Mantra
Think.
Think again.
Think real hard.
Now say it.
Do you believe it?
Go back.
Think.
Think deeper.
Carefully.
Seriously.
Now say it.
Do you believe it?
Think again.
That one thought.
Those special letter combinations.
Those words that get you by.
Do they still do just that?
Think. Think. Think.
Think of those words,
Those words only.
Read them forwards,
Backwards, upside down.
Do they still hold meaning?
Think.
Are you done thinking?
Good.
Now write it down.
And write it again.
And again.
Write it on paper.
Write it on the walls.
Write it on your hands,
On the bathroom stalls.
Write it everywhere
Until you’re sick of seeing it.
‘Til it’s branded in your head.
Now, read it out loud.
Loud and proud.
Scream it.
Whisper it.
Say it,
Until your mouth gets tired
And the words start sounding strange.
Do it all.
Repeat it until the words no longer make sense
and you forget its meaning.
Write it until your hand can't continue
and the gray pencil shade darkens your fingers.
Say it until you believe every little word.
Believe it until you don't need it.

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