{"id":906,"date":"2018-07-09T12:01:05","date_gmt":"2018-07-09T16:01:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ddeubel.me\/poetry\/?p=906"},"modified":"2018-07-09T12:01:05","modified_gmt":"2018-07-09T16:01:05","slug":"everything-hurts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ddeubel.me\/poetry\/everything-hurts\/","title":{"rendered":"Everything Hurts"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Everything hurts. <\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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You awake and time<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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pushes down on your chest<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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and the light outside blinds.<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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There is no way out and <\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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you have no choice but to get up<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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and go through it <\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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– the hurt. <\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Everything hurts.<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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The walk down the stairs.<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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The thought of the afternoon. <\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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The weight of gravity.<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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The emptiness of the sky.<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Each spoonful of cereal.<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Each sup of coffee.<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Every breath, every heartbeat. <\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Everything hurts.<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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You can’t tell anyone about it. <\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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That hurts more.<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Besides,<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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you don’t know exactly what it is<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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that hurts.<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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You only know it hurts. <\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Everything hurts. <\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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The news<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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not getting any news.<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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The slow gnaw of microbes<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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enjoying your skin.<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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The sun, oh definitely the sun<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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that thought of always <\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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not being <\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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but also being too. <\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Everything hurts. <\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Getting dressed, getting ahead<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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getting head, getting a dress<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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having lunch – the necessity of it all. <\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Having stuff – the chance you swim in<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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the wind on your skin<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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the sound of distant laughter ……<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Everything hurts. <\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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There is no respite. <\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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No water breaks. <\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Alcohol, sex, pills, rock n’ roll<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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They only make it hurt more. <\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Everything hurts. <\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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You roll on, on, on,<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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up that hill<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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but the top never comes.<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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And it keeps hurting, hurting.<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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It will keep hurting, hurting. <\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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There is no end to it. <\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Nothing, not even drugs,<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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religion, sex or <\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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the thought of death<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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can dial it down. <\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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There is no kill switch. <\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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There is no way out or off. <\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Everything hurts. <\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Everything hurts. \u00a0 You awake and time pushes down on your chest and the light outside blinds. There is no way out and you have no choice but to get up and go through it – the hurt. \u00a0 Everything hurts. \u00a0 The walk down the stairs. The thought of the afternoon. The weight of … Continue reading Everything Hurts<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,1],"tags":[13,12],"class_list":["post-906","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-more-poems","category-poetry","tag-life","tag-philosophy"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ddeubel.me\/poetry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/906","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ddeubel.me\/poetry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ddeubel.me\/poetry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ddeubel.me\/poetry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ddeubel.me\/poetry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=906"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ddeubel.me\/poetry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/906\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":907,"href":"https:\/\/ddeubel.me\/poetry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/906\/revisions\/907"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ddeubel.me\/poetry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=906"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ddeubel.me\/poetry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=906"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ddeubel.me\/poetry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=906"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}