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UBU: Kundalini Yoga's avatar

"he used to be six"

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Jon Cone's avatar

Wonderful!

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Adamantus's avatar

So good!

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Rebecca's avatar

Skills

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Gonk's avatar

I like the current last line. But, out of curiosity, what was the original last line?

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Tao Lin's avatar

"Now mom is saying he has become mentally ill."

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Gonk's avatar

Thanks for sharing

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Ruby's avatar

I cried

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jediaz's avatar

hope you write more poetry Tao, i can see when poetry is healing

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Caroline Osella's avatar

Until he dies. True for so many people, horribly.

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Tao Lin's avatar

I believe in reincarnation now, so I feel it’s not bad actually, seems fine.

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Caroline Osella's avatar

Good point.

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maja roglić's avatar

🥲

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Word Circus's avatar

Now read it from the bottom up 👐

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Tao Lin's avatar

Good idea.

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Yuchin Lin's avatar

Understand how you felt and moved deeply!

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Sherman Alexie's avatar

The current last line was destined to become the last line.

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Tao Lin's avatar

True.

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B. Eldon Calder's avatar

Beautiful. Very moving.

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Tao Lin's avatar

Thank you.

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