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I don't want to play anymore, it's starting to hurt too much.
You know when we used to swing across monkey bars as kids, and it hurt the arms? But it was worth it because of how much fun it was fooling around under and over top of those bars.
But it hurts too much now.
Maybe I lost focus, but instead of an arm, I fell and broke my heart.
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The key idea in this verse is, I think, 'what we want.' Wanting. For the psyche, at bedrock; fear and desire are its principal tensions. Who might harm me? Who might I have be with me? Nicely expressed.
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8/2/2025 9:01:16 AM # 1.0.0
Stunning metaphor and great story telling. It's genuineness it's this poems greatest quality I think. The reader doesn't just believe it, but knows it to be true