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Obliterated words
Grips over the power of words slacken
Prosaic articulateness fumble to be deciphered
Angst outpours in a resigned paradox
I know, it is going from bad to verse.
• Collection:
Anger in Ashes
• Originally written on
February 21, 2003
[ First published: November 22, 2008
Last updated: November 22, 2008
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