the spirit flickers with defiance
this space is my last resort
where sadness meets insanity
for no particular reason
I am like a donkey dying
incapable of braying or dreaming
of greener pastures
the gods are deciding
if enough is enough
a simple majority sending me
out to space to view the earth
from afar before exploding
before my very eyes
they don’t say what will happen next
so I actively sit here in this space
inventing my own conclusions
january two thousand twenty-four
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