Pain

It's a limerick. About pain.

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There once was a heart in my chest

Until you ripped it right out of my breast

Now there’s no dawn

As the pain writhes on

You stole my love *and* my death

Pain © 2010 by Rowan McBride. All rights reserved. This story may not be reproduced in whole or in part without author's permission.

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