June 22, 2023 · 12:03 AM
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rotten

did the poison start with a prick?

was the infection at the moment of conception?

or did the contagion transmit through a mouth clamped to tainted tit?

or was there a preexisting contamination?

~Melanie Thomason

6/22/23

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  1. taurusingemini
    June 22, 2023 at 1:13 AM

    Tracing to the origins of the rotten, what’s rotten is, already, rotten, what we do about it, that’s, what’s important here, and by, getting stuck on, what caused it to rot away in the first place, will, only delay, what is, already, inevitable, and, we will, always be, behind, in handling what is, already, full on, our, plates.

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  2. chrisnelson61
    June 22, 2023 at 4:29 AM

    Good questions, and ones many have asked of themselves. Not easy, but best left where they lie and try to move forward regardless, I feel.

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  3. Ray Laskowitz
    June 22, 2023 at 10:54 AM

    Reminds me of an old joke. What’s the difference between a porcupine and a Porsche? With a porcupine the pricks are on the outside, with a Porsche the pricks are on the inside.

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  4. hitandrun1964
    June 22, 2023 at 7:16 PM

    How to poison others is taught.

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