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    Prickly pointy spikes

    less than 1 minute read

    Doug Langille

    Doug Langille

    hack writer & shameless technophile

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    Prickly pointy spikes
    Drawing blood with slightest brush
    Struggling to survive

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    Tags: drama, poetry

    Published: March 20, 2014

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