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Asphyxiation I can bear


Oxygen deprivation

Is an awful thing indeed

Light headedness, blackout

Hemoglobin in desperate need

But yet as scary as this seems

Of all the priorities it supercedes

It's nowhere near as vital

As having a book to read

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