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In My Empty Jar

In my house,
I do not have mirrors.
I have eyeless reflections of internal agony—
A deathless gaze without eyelids
Staring outside my empty glass jar.
Inside here I cannot escape the jar,
And I cannot escape myself,
And I cannot escape—
Being empty.
Written by jswissman
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