A brutal plunge into ice
A pounding at your ribs
Are you still alive?

Excruciatingly difficult words
Resolve the years of tension
Now you’re alive

The terror of the stages
You’ll still sleep tonight
You know you’re alive

Concentrated suffering
Is the strength of Spartans
Tomorrow you’ll be dead

Double up on credit cards
Comfortably stuck in bed?
You’re already dead

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