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He drove a pencil through the webbing of his palm.<\/div>\n
I needed lead, he said, and then applied a balm.<\/div>\n
He poured a morning drink, something he called a buffer.<\/div>\n
He had a firm belief an artist has to suffer.<\/div>\n
His every action aimed at feeling precious pain.<\/div>\n
He walked for hours in the night beneath the rain.<\/div>\n
He carved designs upon his arms with razor blades,<\/div>\n
and painted pictures on his chest in blood cascades.<\/div>\n
He took to chasing pills with whiskey as a perk.<\/div>\n
He called it research; it was all part of his work.<\/div>\n
One day he met a guy he knew and bought a gun.<\/div>\n
He put a bullet in the cylinder for fun.<\/div>\n
Each morn he’d spin that thing and point it at his head.<\/div>\n
He’d pull the trigger and then figure if he’s dead.<\/div>\n
One day no answer came and that was when he knew.<\/div>\n
He’d blown his chance, he’d left the dance.<\/div>\n
His writing days were through.<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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