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It spreads


It spreads It spreads and spreads Until you can’t count them From your arms To your stomach To your legs To your lungs It continues forever Parallel to your safety You always drift left Letting it consume you How long until you learn?
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PersonalThemeAbstract

Personal struggle with abstract spreading force; blends concrete body imagery with philosophical anxiety

SparseMeasureDense

Multiple ideas densely packed: spreading, body mapping, safety, drift, consumption, self-awareness

DarkSentimentBright

Deeply negative; overwhelm, consumption, helplessness, and learned failure dominate

StillEnergyExplosive

Urgent repetition, fragmented lines, accelerating dread create sustained kinetic pressure

MicroLengthEpic

11 lines falls within 7-15 range

PlainFigurativeOrnamented

Personification of spreading, metaphor of consumption, spatial/bodily imagery dominates

LyricVoiceDramatic

Pure lyric internal monologue; intimate first-person reflection without narrative or dramatic distance

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