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I'm on a lifeboat (floating in the ocean). I'm on a lifeboat. No waves and no commotion.
I'm gonna die out here tonight. Join my fishy friends and my coral tombstone. My teeth are numb. I'm empty on fright. Been pushed past overload. Now my heart's beating on loan.

Count downy he hours. The worst part is the waiting. What's the use to cower? I see the fishing line death is baiting. I'm so tempted to take a bite. Stay in control with my final decision. Just reel me in. I won't make it a fight. My cheek incision: the stigmata of my crucifixion.

This is my lifeboat — the only way that I can stay afloat from all this sinking depression sprouting from my tree of recollection. Shove it down or push it up. Who will console this drowning pub lost in the water with no one around? The only king who can't keep his crown.

Watch the waves wash over. A frozen bath to relieve the tension. The last thing that I'll go for as I deposit out the end of my pension. And all my memories have been paid in to a fund (only I have access). As they dissolve with all of my sins, my heart's saving grace is my future lack of taxes.

I don't know what my next step is. I feel so eradicated. 'Cause I'm a rat scrambling in and out of safe holes in this prison system where I'm not free to roam. While the rest of the rats think success means cheese, that's just a faded interpretation of the Ratmerican dream. And I wish I knew better.

I wish we all knew better.

This is my lifeboat — ...

My red sea level is rising as this pressure starts sinking in. Red eyes — pointless curing with Visine®. Salty rain helping me sink in. And as a laugh passes through my lips, I welcome this ironic expression. My head reeling with home movie clips. My emotional suppression at the end of my oppression.

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