I GO BACK TO MY ROOM
SIT IN FRONT OFMY COMPUTER ,
TRY NOT TO LOOK AT MORBID PICTURE .
BUT SOME FORCE MORE POWERUL
THAN CURIOSITY DRAW A MOUSE CLICK .
I SPEND THE NEXT TWO HOURS EXAMINING
DEATH IN ITS MANY FORMS .
PEACEFUL.
ACCIDENTAL.
PURPOSEFUL.
BRUTAL.
I LOOK AT FACES .
CONTORTED.
ABORTED.
BLOATED .
BEHEADED.
I STUDY MOURNERS.
DISTRAUGHT.
RESIGNED.
CURIOUS.
FURIOUS .
AND NOWHERE DO I SEE A SIGN OF GOD .
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