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Ignition

I have broken through the membrane that held me within and shaken loose the fluids that drowned me so I have taken my first breath of fresh, free air and now possess a liberty that is unequaled in this plane I have been bathed in an effulgence that once blinded me By prevailing through the abyss I saw, see, and have seen All the former selves laid out before me and euthanized I have put on the baggy pants of wisdom and will grow into them Just like mom said, they'll look nice when I fill out I have rolled up the sleeves of my understanding and seen my heart naked and beating rhythmically For my erstwhile destiny I shed no tears My desiccated oculus I have removed and replaced With an akoya pearl and a boulder opal My blood has been poured out and has become astatine I breathe only in the vacuum I sense the breadth of it all I grasp the width I am its volume Paramount motive, Remain thus Proceed not Be in the all encompassing right now, eschew the past, circumvent the future

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