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Cyclical ouroboros contorted and contused

Grief strikes like sledgehammers

Cannot cry, for the ducts have dried

Cannot scream, due to involuntary tracheotomy

The mortal coil’s manifestation.

Tranquility asphyxiated, pain in perpetuity

Lungs deflated like the ego of the hubristic

Deaf and mute, blindness walks to its death

Out of desperation