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The Misbegotten

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surely i'm not the only one
i cannot
be/

my belly roils with fear/it's like the sun
in my belly/an explosion contained/
nuclear fusion
gone wild/self
consuming

this is not the sort of fire you can warm your hands by

hah! unless you like getting
burned alive/
my fear will burn you alive/it's that kind

it's got light too sure but the light's in my belly
buried deep in my belly/i swallowed the sun

i move through the darkness/don't know my way
zero gravity/i swallowed the sun
bottoms up they say/well i swallowed the sun
let's get paralyzed they say/i'm paralyzed with fear

but surely i'm not the only one
i cannot
be/

where are you now/the other ones
where are you where are you
i can't see you

Simon Ott
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Simon Ott lives and works in a small town in rural Pennsylvania.

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