I think I understand Superman's need for a Fortress of Solitude, a secret citadel where, well, the world fades for a moment, and one catches a breath before spinning into motion

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Fear not, child, for what seems tame today, tomorrow, becomes wild

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Chalk dust on pavement: the young boy arcs the line, then leaves the space before returning to ground with intention: the making of a question

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The last forgotten one withered, tethered to the hillside only by root and stone: Extinction happens alone

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Listen - They’ll tell lies to justify whatever they mean to do

What you and I must do to puncture the lies is to justify the truth

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Engineers and mathematicians each share a fascination with correlation

the product of intense imagination talking out some logical sense from the data flow

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To earn the grades, you need to learn the maze then you need to break your way through, day after day after day

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Sunlight, fade

as we fold night into hot summer's day

huddled, hidden beneath the forest for shade

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Long in tooth but short of nail

the political world flexes, but is sure to fail

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Bare feet scuffles on sharpened yellow grass

the arid reminders of a sky refusing to fall

Spring's flowers, faded; the weeds, grown tall

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