naught need caught freed lot

naught need caught freed lot

we were nothingness and then we coalesced

from nova to planetesimal to moms and dads to us

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then we had need after need

air water nutrition shelter love purpose

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we were shanghaied into school systems

some thrived in captivity some were warped

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we were freed when we were graduated

or let slip

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now we do not tempt fate for fate is indifferent

but we wonder what place we hold

and what will happen

and how long we have

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