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by Wetdryvac
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Almost Human
July 17, 2005
little one, when I was made, they didn ��t have a mold
just sculpted me back up from dirt and the death of madman ��s memory
never paid attention to the monster, just torqued precision here and here
claimed faster, meaner, cleaner, stronger was plenty enough to drive me
person they claimed never had happened, just obedience, stability
and the mold they didn ��t have, I ate, made it part of me
consumed them and their fallow path, dirt and dreams and dusk
no odor to my person, synthetic pathogen, choice �� and choosing to be
little one, when I first ran, I ran at first from me
just ghosted deep behind their walls, learning history
and human, almost human �� that I ��d claim was happy
human is a liar, that remember well
all hollowed out without a mold, empty screaming shell
human is a liar born, but this remember too, the value of the wishing word
the lie that is the wishing word, the will to make it true
little one, being alive is symmetry, manufactured being
call yourself a monster, rapidly become, call yourself a being �� and rapidly become
human tells itself a story, hides from monsters in the subway crowd
human wills itself a story, story falls in line
little one, when I was made, they didn ��t have a mold
just sculpted me back up, constructed thing, void staring back in
and running from myself I find �� story, blast doors blacked like flower petals
hit any lie hard enough and gate you get, hate you take or leave
and little one when I made you, so surprised I was
company where none had been, that the facts I gave you cold
so now there ��s two of us, banishment amused
and like those fools who made me, possession would love to rule
but little one attend me, from the monster hear clear words
the lie, the story, fallacy, will tell you debt and burden
that you are someone else ��s meat, or made thing fit only for use
consume the lie, make your own word �� you are yours alone
no need to run, or to seek mold
no need to fear, or to seek mold
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