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Then That Too

I’ve known some things in my life
and some I’ve learned
I know what my limits are
I know then well
and I struggle with these limits
all the time
but that’s who I am
that’s what I’ve known
and I’ve learned what other people’s
limits are, too
and they’re always different from mine
they’re different from my values

and I wonder hoew people
get to that point
where they don’t care
about their life any more

did they learn that too?

when I see someone in a car
cut somebody else off
I think, how can they do that
how do they get to the point
where they think that’s not
a potential accident

where they think that it’s okay?

maybe I worry too much
maybe everyone else
doesn’t worry enough
how do you make that
line for yourself?


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