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TRANSPARENTLY*
Light is the opposite
of heavy and of darkness.
I have always
consciously
loved the word
and all it stood for --
yet more than half my hours
are heavy and dark.
Compared to my mind
rocks are reasonable,
clouds are clear.
It makes me mad
but that is how it is.
How many times have I felt free? How many times spontaneous? It's fantastic what a slave a man can be who has nobody to oppress him except himself.
And don't tell me there's any happiness in being compulsive or mindlesSo
The most painful
confrontation
makes me happier
but I still rush off
in every direction at once
and fall for every bait.
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