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 a strange flu in late july
 makes fevers and coughs and sore joints
 seem appropriate
 seem a great excuse
 to not answer
 what couldn't be answered anyway
 to lie down
 to sleep
 (between coughs)
 to think of what sits between
 life
 and everything else
 and my cough syrup
 is as red as communion wine
 and my sacrament
 is the next pill
 until
 the door opens
 and it's you
 and vanilla wafers
 and bananas
 and pudding
 
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Written by rayheinrich (Death Plane for Teddy)
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