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*Never escaping youth* (option # 1)

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Bullets rip through Khaki-covered flesh PFC falls silent in the sand oil is secured for U.S. interest + shaven head... dim light reflects the sweat of fear upon her brow as nine year old Sarah breathes the gas fumes of Dachau tiny fetus trembles body chemistry in dissarray miscarries future life into lost dreams + car collides, six teens at once reduced to hamburger their flesh enmeshed in steel now jaws of life remove forever young ++++++ needle breaks the skin between old tracks finding passage past scarred tissues overdosed at 18...a deadly fix + panties cut.... a muffled scream a thrust... as madness spews it's lustful head retreats though only just fourteen he slits her throat and he gets life for taking one + trailer like a blowtorch burning roar..black smoke chokes those asleep they rise no more mom and three small kids reduced to ash + Cut and slash Death swings it's scythe..it gleams with blood let from all those of tender years leaving only gaps where they should have gone on decades denied... all possibilities removed + now I sit here grateful for my several decades a long and somewhat peaceful journey?? there were close calls of course but still I beat the odds while other souls never escaped thier youth. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ArtisWritten April 18th, 2002 © on Apr 18 2002 06:05 AM PST    sad

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