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A choice to make inside a plum

climb into red flesh - soak up all the sweetness - chisel the central stone - with teeth that feel phoney - your life is full of pep - die inside and transform - safe beneath rind of wax - cocoon if you want to - turn your hands into oars - feel the carbohydrates tug - snorkel/dive for protein - this sea is far from dead - do your quantum breathing - it’s hard to set the beat - I guess plums don’t have hearts - DNA surrounds you - will you ride with its strands? - or rage against the plum? - let amber skies guide you.

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