What do you say when you

Are with people? You say you

Want to be alone. What do you say

When you are alone? You say you

Want to be with people.

I’ll tell you why that is. It’s because

You are never alone. Your thoughts

Are always there. Sometimes you

May welcome them, but other times

They scare you.

You remember things that you don’t

Want to. The less you want them there,

The more they stay. They torture you.

They infect your mind like a disease.

The more you tell them to go away,

The more they defy you.

They come in all forms. They’re words,

Or they’re pictures, maybe moving pictures.

The only sure-fire way to stop this virus, is

To leak a new one. This one must be pleasant.

Just like Peter Pan, you must think happy thoughts.

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Alex Gross

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2011 by Alex Gross


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