Like the bomb on Nagasaki all over again.

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.I drank the Kool-Aid hard, shoved it into my brain through a metal IV tube, rewired every neuron for this one relentless purpose. Being a Hotshot.

Never met anyone who knows how to outline fulfillment.

ORANGE PARALLELOGRAM BY ELLEN RACHLIN 34THPARALLEL MAGAZINE ISSUE 136

Never met anyone who knows

how to outline fulfillment—

to assign boundary.

Consider border

of parallelogram

and orange joy.

i was afraid my bleeding would inconvenience you

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you asked me if i knew what to do