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Persistent jitter leaves me restless

Adversarial climate thickens my blood

Hypothermic claws, brittle and agonizing

Hypothermic claws, barely functional

Internal monologue

Narrate my plight

A catalogue of thoughts forbidden

Words of venom – my only weapon

Words of venom – my only antidote

I am the vermin they detest

A foul pest

My internal monologue repressed

Confinement behold

My tomb of festering

Enigmatic forces linger

Shifting between existence and non-existence

Internal monologue

Narrates my plight

A catalogue of thoughts forbidden

Indistinguishable whispers of mechanical

Repetitions

Haunting me

The incongruous dialect

A familiar comfort

The faceless clock continues

Meaningless time eroding my sentence

Blurring of thoughts and reality

Acutely aware of my crumbling sanity

I recall how this came to be

I recall the sculptures rising day by day

In solitude, I long for the glowing celestial body

Burn my skin to make me feel alive

The faceless clock continues

Meaningless time eroding my sentence

Blurring of thoughts and reality

Acutely aware of my crumbling sanity