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sit in silence for once
concentrate on you breathing
let it become ragged with shallow gasps
hold your breath
listen firmly, do you hear it?
your heartbeat.
the blood is flowing through
your atrium to the ventricle
from the inferior vena cava to the aorta.
dig deeper than that, listen more intensely
past your blood flow
do you hear it?
nothing more than flesh
and bones aging
ready to decay
everything is slowly splintering
are you ready?
slide out on a feather-lined
cloud into the arms of the heavens