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[bogartsrevenge]

Sometimes I think
that the strongest among us
like to prick themselves
to make sure they're still alive.

Or maybe they dot it
just to make sure they can take it.
So that when their moment of truth arrives,
they recognize it,
and do not flinch.
So they do not turn their face
from harsh words
or a grotesque sight.

For it is a time of action, not indifference;
presence, not transcendence.
It is a time of unparalleled fluidity
beyond which the rigor mortis of morality reigns.