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Beneath My Scales
I live in this world
 like a fish in a tank
 why must I see life through glass
 see-through and breakable
 why must I make my home
 these walls
 I'm drowning in the depths
 trapped in my own mess
 and gasping for bubbles of air that seem unreachable
 the beauty is materialistic
 plastic and old
 the rocks lurk on the bottom
 gathering algae
 covering their surface
 with thick, slimy nonsense
 that's like my mind
 beneath lies what I can't erase
 there are no questions to ponder
 like what happens now?
 my owner will feed me
 let the hope in this tank fill up
 creating a tank of filth
 that's what I wait for
 I guess you could say
 when the little fish rises
 tears of tar fill the eyes
 of my owner
 and I become the fish
 flowing down the toilet
 with no care in the world
 except, what finally happens next...

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