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Purity Only From Within

By Brad Kelly

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Choking slow-like on                               re-breathed air,                                    Ideas.                      Curl into a ball                        to hide from the world                              my light inside.                      The more I oppose                        the more they threaten to                       crack me like a white-picket fence                              breakfast egg.                And make my soul digestable to the masses.                      The more I oppose.                      Stumbling drunk arcoss                           backyard BBQs,                            million dollar TV shows,                              disinfectant lifes. Written August 24th, 2001 © on Aug 24 2001 01:29 PM PST   0 • 1

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"Choking slow-like on                               re-breathed air,                                    Ideas.                      Curl into a ball                        to hide from the world                              my light inside.                      The more I oppose                        the more they threaten to                       crack me like a white-picket fence                              breakfast egg.                And make my soul digestable to the masses.                      The more I oppose.                      Stumbling drunk arcoss                           backyard BBQs,                            million dollar TV shows,                              disinfectant lifes...."

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