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Believes

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BelievesShe believes rain is a bully.She believes she has a maxillofacial deformity.She believes records of her birth have been destroyed.She believes she has been excluded from a thousand lists.She believes specific viruses know her name and where she lives.She believes the earth opens up for no reason and swallows people.She believes two numbers will collide one day and she will cease to exist.She believes demons piss in her morning coffee but she can’t stop drinking it.She believes it is only her act of personal will that keeps her body parts from falling off.She believes her grandmother committed a grave and unspecific sin and all must pay.She believes she will not find the one line in the one book that can save her.She believes her soul is too small and vapid for the complexities of life.She believes even casual passersby see her immense immodesties.She believes she was given the wrong soul on purpose as a joke.She believes her guardian angel died in a traffic accident.She believes that all that is given is taken away again.She believes she is incapable of sustained belief.She believes clocks have teeth. Written October 21st, 2001 © on Oct 20 2001 04:29 PM PST   0 • 10

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"BelievesShe believes rain is a bully.She believes she has a maxillofacial deformity.She believes records of her birth have been destroyed.She believes she has been excluded from a thousand lists.She believes specific viruses know her name and where she lives.She believes the earth opens up for no reason and swallows people.She believes two numbers will collide one day and she will cease to exist.She believes demons piss in her morning coffee but she can’t stop drinking it.She believes it is only her act of personal will that keeps her body parts from falling off.She believes her grandmother committed a grave and unspecific sin and all must pay.She believes she will not find the one line in the one book that can save her.She believes her soul is too small and vapid for the complexities of life.She believes even casual passersby see her immense immodesties.She believes she was given the wrong soul on purpose as a joke.She believes her guardian angel died in a traffic accident.She believes that all that is given is taken away again.She believes she is incapable of sustained belief.She believes clocks have teeth...."

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