the toil expands and expands
the young spend their time inventing more of it
the old spend their time regretting it
I spend my time contemplating it
vanity... all is
the dreams fly and fly
like a number of clouds in a foreign sky
as children we watch and give them names
as adults we curse the tears that rain
vanity... all is
the rest comes and goes
first strikingly into our consciousness
a fear we have no capacity to appreciate or control
then unwittingly into memory we forget. death
vanity... all is
you and I talk and talk
attempting to define ourselves refine ourselves
communicate the smallest part of something we imagine
hide with the perfect lie the smallest terrifying truth
vanity
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wow. vanity is a wonderful word to use here. i think of it as ego in my day to day, trying to be cautious of it, but vanity reads so much sweeter. love the content of this and the structure of it. it is very wonderful. i think important, but then i think i said that of the last piece i comented on. i hope you receive it as intended, not as overstatement at all or loose words, but direct.
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