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Viper

I don't want to grow into my own skin

I want to slough

I want to farewell the old one

with gratitude and reverence.

A stirling job it's done, but

it's s time to shed

lke all the skins before you.

To stay the same is to perish.
Written by backdeckbenny
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And I thought of this while swimming laps this morning.....
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