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How will you ever

afford yourself

 the cost 

  beyond your means

How will you pay

the price of longing

financing

your dreams

How will you leverage

the cost of hope

interest rates

on fire

How will you love

your heart 

in debt

— bankrupting desire
 

 

(Dreamsleep: September, 2024) 

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