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prayer to light
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2018-04-19
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planned obsolescence
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learned helplessness
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a window randomly swings open
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a door suddenly slams shut
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an escape hatch forms
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we trained our eyes to see the light
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never bothering to look ahead to the darkness under our feet
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the filth growing beneath the surface
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bubbling as it primes itself for betrayal
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we turned our faces to the sky so hard
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that we broke our own necks
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a pitiful penance for the sins of our fathers
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and a wasteful protection against the suffering of our children
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the connection to the heavens has been severed
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and we shall build our own ladder
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our own hands reaching to the sky
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***
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CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 (c) Vane Vander
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