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Created on: November 23, 2009
~New Infection~
I love your lights, they shine
Much brighter than they do in my mind
And your darks, attack like sharks
But I'll get over them just fine
I've used copy and paste
With my brain
To reposition your face
But it never tastes the same
I have a lot of bugs crawling under my skin
They have both exo and endo skeletons
They can evade your ever look
But they are always under
My eye lids, crawling through my grin
I'm sorry for this false projection
Just look at it like a form of protection
Because what seems like a lovely
Change in personality
Is simply just a new infection
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