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[i]A̵̴̭̙̺̠̤̞͍̪͍͍̮̯͉̭͍͗̉ͯ̍̿̆̀̕n̿̀̍̄̒̒̋̃͋ͩ̑ͦͨ͏̮̱̺̝̞̹̰̦͈̣̮̬̠̞̣̤̱͎́ͅd̒ͦ̑̎̄ͣ̋ͯ́̚҉̵̴͙̠͙̰̤͕͚͉̯ ̷̴͕͖̬̯̱̗͍̠̤̫̠̼͛ͮͪ͆̾̎͒͋̂̊̿̍͌͐̀͡s̔͗͑̄̃͏̢̜͓̘͍̞͎͍̼̗̤͔̭̳̝͠͝t̶̶͖̗͇̉ͩ̌̎ͤͫ̇̒͒ͣ̚i̷̷̧̘̟͖͕̲̱̝̠̭̦̱̱͓̓͊ͪͣ̆̍̌̽̍ͮ̏̍̀ͭͥl̫͚͎͚̱̥̝͖͈̙͕̪̬̈ͨ̽̉̏ͣ͂͊͌̆̌̏̊͌͘͟͠l̸͖̦̙͈̼͚̫̝͙̫͐̐ͪ̅̌ͮ́́ ͮͩ̊̓ͮ͛͏̴͈͓̣̦my ̸̒ͩ̔́ͨ̿͑͒͏҉̢̡͔͙͚͇̫m̧̰͇̼͚͔̝̲͔̂̿ͧ͑͌̇̓̈̌͠í̷̸̻͎͔͓̟̩̠̩͇͔̘ͫ͂̈́̕͞n̴̶̛͇͉͖̜͇͙̣͖̩͕͓̭̯̲ͨ͂̒̄ͨ͌ͦ͟͠dḓ̴̱̻̟̫̥̺̞ͬ͆̊ͩͧ͋̓ͫ̅́ͫ͂̂ͮ̏̉̂ͯ ̈͐̍̌͋ͦͥ͂̀ͪ͏̠̞̖̤̘̘̥͕̖͢i̧̛̫͔̭͎͖͇̞̣̰̰ͥ̓͊̽̊ͥs͙̗̰͖͈̰͎̣̪̬̰̟̝͕̦̘̐̀̓ͯ̾̾͌̆̎͋͗͐̀̉̔̑́͜͝ͅ ͊ͬ͒ͧ̓ͣ͑͗ͮ͋ͣͣ͏͎͚͓̻͔̲̲̻̺͎͇̕͘c̢̫͎̗̋ͯͨ̇̍̉̈̇́̊̈͊̍̄͘͟͜l̰̼̼͕̘̘͔͑͑̌̆ͤ̆̈̓ͩͣ̎ͤ͡ͅũ͑ͥͩͬ͗͌ͬ͏̴̠̺̺͕̥t̸͕̺̫̘̩̯͉̓̒̍̑ͤ̇͐͞͡t̡̐ͭͧ͋͐̋̓ͭ͊͝҉̭͍͚̲͖̪̖͚͚͙̀ͅe̷̸̶̴͕͉͖͙̦͖͈͕̫̝͈̮̳͚̤̭̘͗ͪͧ̃̾̓ͧ͗͑̆̂ͭ̕ͅŕ̸̡̪͓͈̟͎͔̙͕͇̬͚̖̞͈̟̖͚̜̽̓͂ͦ̆̓̾̎̆͐ͮ͒͒e̸̡̥̤̩̺̻̱̟̬̖͕̪ͮͦ̇ͪ͑̇̒͋͐͐ͯ̐̆ͮͧͥ̋͒̕͝d̡͔̲̜͇͉̻̝͇̩̼͔̰͇̩̹ͫ̉̐̓,
̓́ͨ̒̉ͤ̔͊̀͘҉̰̦̥̻̬̭̗̹̟̯̰̤̠̫̳͎ͅI̵̷̧͙̬̱̤̞͉̺̹͓͖̥̗ͪͫ͌̍̑ͪ̈ͮͯ̍̈͑̎̎͢ͅͅs̷̢̗͉̜̩̪̖͔̥͖ͫ́̊ͭ͋̀ͬ̅́͆̊̓ͭ͜͢͝ ̷̲̰͔̙͍̬̠̙̝̮̇͋̀̍̔ͣ͞c̨̜͔͙̦ͨ͐̿͗ͩͬl̛ͩͤ̍̾ͫ̑͂̊̀̀̉͂̀ͦ͏͎͔̞̝̻̲͚͙͙͓͝͡út̐̒̈́͂҉͘͏̱͎̮̜̹̳̲̗̳̦̻̠̝͉̘͈̤͇̼̕te̒ͮͫ̓̇̏ͥ͆́͘҉̸̖̰͈͎͝rͤ͌̿̄ͯ̄ͯ͢͠҉̣͓̟͔͉͙̗̗̪͈͎̱͔̥̺͚̳̦̻ë̴̢̙̯͎̤̭̖̙̞̺̱̗̻͚̥͉͎́̈̐ͧ̓̃d̴̛̗͕͍̱̬̣͖̩͖̠̟̟̟͖̻̟͎̺̊ͣ̍̽͐̒̌,
[i][i]̓́ͨ̒̉ͤ̔͊̀͘҉̰̦̥̻̬̭̗̹̟̯̰̤̠̫̳͎ͅI̵̷̧͙̬̱̤̞͉̺̹͓͖̥̗ͪͫ͌̍̑ͪ̈ͮͯ̍̈͑̎̎͢ͅͅs̷̢̗͉̜̩̪̖͔̥͖ͫ́̊ͭ͋̀ͬ̅́͆̊̓ͭ͜͢͝ ̷̲̰͔̙͍̬̠̙̝̮̇͋̀̍̔ͣ͞c̨̜͔͙̦ͨ͐̿͗ͩͬl̛ͩͤ̍̾ͫ̑͂̊̀̀̉͂̀ͦ͏͎͔̞̝̻̲͚͙͙͓͝͡út̐̒̈́͂҉͘͏̱͎̮̜̹̳̲̗̳̦̻̠̝͉̘͈̤͇̼̕te̒ͮͫ̓̇̏ͥ͆́͘҉̸̖̰͈͎͝rͤ͌̿̄ͯ̄ͯ͢͠҉̣͓̟͔͉͙̗̗̪͈͎̱͔̥̺͚̳̦̻ë̴̢̙̯͎̤̭̖̙̞̺̱̗̻͚̥͉͎́̈̐ͧ̓̃d̴̛̗͕͍̱̬̣͖̩͖̠̟̟̟͖̻̟͎̺̊ͣ̍̽͐̒̌.[/i][/i]
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And still:
I lay my brittle head
Upon an empty bed,
Some call it self sabotage.
To some, I am indifferent, yet,
I find it hard to sleep.
I'd rather that
Than counting sheep
Instead.
A/N: Copy and paste the first stanza into notepad for added effect.
̓́ͨ̒̉ͤ̔͊̀͘҉̰̦̥̻̬̭̗̹̟̯̰̤̠̫̳͎ͅI̵̷̧͙̬̱̤̞͉̺̹͓͖̥̗ͪͫ͌̍̑ͪ̈ͮͯ̍̈͑̎̎͢ͅͅs̷̢̗͉̜̩̪̖͔̥͖ͫ́̊ͭ͋̀ͬ̅́͆̊̓ͭ͜͢͝ ̷̲̰͔̙͍̬̠̙̝̮̇͋̀̍̔ͣ͞c̨̜͔͙̦ͨ͐̿͗ͩͬl̛ͩͤ̍̾ͫ̑͂̊̀̀̉͂̀ͦ͏͎͔̞̝̻̲͚͙͙͓͝͡út̐̒̈́͂҉͘͏̱͎̮̜̹̳̲̗̳̦̻̠̝͉̘͈̤͇̼̕te̒ͮͫ̓̇̏ͥ͆́͘҉̸̖̰͈͎͝rͤ͌̿̄ͯ̄ͯ͢͠҉̣͓̟͔͉͙̗̗̪͈͎̱͔̥̺͚̳̦̻ë̴̢̙̯͎̤̭̖̙̞̺̱̗̻͚̥͉͎́̈̐ͧ̓̃d̴̛̗͕͍̱̬̣͖̩͖̠̟̟̟͖̻̟͎̺̊ͣ̍̽͐̒̌,
[i][i]̓́ͨ̒̉ͤ̔͊̀͘҉̰̦̥̻̬̭̗̹̟̯̰̤̠̫̳͎ͅI̵̷̧͙̬̱̤̞͉̺̹͓͖̥̗ͪͫ͌̍̑ͪ̈ͮͯ̍̈͑̎̎͢ͅͅs̷̢̗͉̜̩̪̖͔̥͖ͫ́̊ͭ͋̀ͬ̅́͆̊̓ͭ͜͢͝ ̷̲̰͔̙͍̬̠̙̝̮̇͋̀̍̔ͣ͞c̨̜͔͙̦ͨ͐̿͗ͩͬl̛ͩͤ̍̾ͫ̑͂̊̀̀̉͂̀ͦ͏͎͔̞̝̻̲͚͙͙͓͝͡út̐̒̈́͂҉͘͏̱͎̮̜̹̳̲̗̳̦̻̠̝͉̘͈̤͇̼̕te̒ͮͫ̓̇̏ͥ͆́͘҉̸̖̰͈͎͝rͤ͌̿̄ͯ̄ͯ͢͠҉̣͓̟͔͉͙̗̗̪͈͎̱͔̥̺͚̳̦̻ë̴̢̙̯͎̤̭̖̙̞̺̱̗̻͚̥͉͎́̈̐ͧ̓̃d̴̛̗͕͍̱̬̣͖̩͖̠̟̟̟͖̻̟͎̺̊ͣ̍̽͐̒̌.[/i][/i]
[/i]
And still:
I lay my brittle head
Upon an empty bed,
Some call it self sabotage.
To some, I am indifferent, yet,
I find it hard to sleep.
I'd rather that
Than counting sheep
Instead.
A/N: Copy and paste the first stanza into notepad for added effect.
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