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    It's Dark in Here
    It's Dark in Here
    It's Dark in Here
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    It's Dark in Here

    By J D Ozee

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    A collection of poems about pain, illness, and rage in one man's life

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherJ D Ozee
    Release dateJan 18, 2013
    ISBN9781301387519
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      It's Dark in Here - J D Ozee

      It’s Dark in Here

      (2nd ed.)

      by J D Ozee

      Published by J D Ozee

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      ISBN: 9781301387519

      Copyright 2013 J D Ozee

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      Table of Contents

      Identity

      It Lives

      User

      Night Life

      Suburban

      Poison

      Nation

      The God

      Breathe

      Bloated

      Exorcise

      Vacation

      Harvest

      Highway Star

      Cellar

      Insomnia

      Bully

      Asylum

      In My Room

      Narcolepsy

      Gone

      Photo Shop

      Urban

      Shade

      Fridge

      Vengeful

      Scythe

      Juice

      Rulers

      Bitter

      Supermarket

      Storm

      Ice Cream Shop

      Pink Pill

      Regret

      Face

      ESS

      What a Gas

      Lil Angels

      Watchers

      Therapy

      Lingers

      Online Shopping

      The Red

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      Identity

      Ready or not I must face it,

      Each day bleaker than the last.

      Somewhere inside, I still live,

      Even as the other takes control.

      Mind in agony, as it splinters,

      Bracing for an endless struggle,

      Longing to be whole at last.

      Anguish over what could have been --

      Never able to defeat it, and

      Change what I’ve become.

      Everywhere I look, I still can’t see me.

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      It lives

      Tough one it is - that’s for sure,

      The choice to give in, or strive for pure.

      For some time now, each year it grows,

      Unable I’ve been to oppose.

      Perhaps, it was there from the start,

      Slowly tearing me apart.

      Cold and hard, it grips me tight,

      I can’t free it with all my might.

      As the evil takes its toll

      I fight for remains of my soul.

      The red flag rises, this means

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