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Eremitik

Published: Apr 6, 2017

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I went looking for spirits
to refill my own
but bell jars dont contain souls
unless they are on the witch doctors shelf
so I buried myself above the stars
because I once read that souls
dissolve slower in the dark

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RangerAngel

Sep 6, 2017

I really love the imagery invoked here.

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