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[fallaparthero]

there was a time when i took the way
that i thought was a way out
of this fucking building
but really it went all the way down
to the ocean floor
where i stayed a while
much longer than i thoght i had
every time i thought i was leaving
i thought of something unsaid
and said it

one of john mac's stories
a thought about life
something on the way to work
and then i realized the tapping toe
was my own
and i really had to go
run away
keep from overstaying my welcome

then i had a thought
i am what i am
which stronger men than i told me
in my childhood
so after having predicted my own death
i took the stairway up
from the ocean floor
for some fresh air

noah