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sleep


I loathe you, Thief of waking hours. Good terms can't be renewed, With all the time you've devoured. I want to see, think, and feel; I want to spend my time pondering what is real. I could be infinitely productive If I weren't on this leash. If you weren't so obstructive, I wouldn't be aggravated in the least. But you are persuasive, Sticking with my closing eyes. Tonight, I'll let sleep be pervasive; It's nice to relent from time to time.
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puffin

I'm a very busy physics major who writes "poetry" sometimes. I'm really into dadaism and the artistic revolution of the 1960s, and, cringey though it may sound, I think there should be a revival of that movement, which may be why I stick around here sometimes. It may be worth mentioning that I'm an atheist; I appreciate your religious sentiment, but all you'll get back from me is humanly good will.

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