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Zeroes and Ones
Zeroes and Ones
By Jfarrell
(“shame on us, doomed from the start,
May god have mercy on our dirty little hearts”
From Nine Inch Nails )
The pain makes me scream, mouth wide open: zero
The music makes me nod up and down in rhythm: one
Exhaled; empty husk; drained: zero
Inhale deep; refresh; life anew: one
Dying from the very start;
From my very first breath until my very last
I was born to die;
Shame on me for never realizing - here and now is all I got.
My very first breath, I screamed mouth wide open: one
My stress makes me jump up and down everywhere: zero
This breath, here and now: one
The pain I use it to bury: zero
All my hopes, dreams, envy, despair…
Shame on me, for the energy I’ve wasted on those
This binary life has more ones than zeroes
I just gotta switch on - not off
