I think, therefore I am,
\nsaid the arrogant stone.<\/p>\n
Once, I was metal,
\nbut when the fire roared<\/p>\n
within the core of the
\nmolten, spinning ball,<\/p>\n
I cut myself into pieces,
\nand rained down,<\/p>\n
liquid, faceless granite,
\nthick, black, and raging,<\/p>\n
a father beating up
\nhis long-dead daughter,<\/p>\n
hot onto the cooling
\nsurface of marbled earth,<\/p>\n
where water carved me,
\nswallowed, shaped me,<\/p>\n
then threw me and broke
\nmy mind until I lost me<\/p>\n
till sunrise covered me,
\ntaking away all thought,<\/p>\n
so that now nothing more
\nmeans anything to me.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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