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It happened when I wasn't looking 

And the world 

oddly

didn't implode

didn't stop on its axis 

I don't think it even

skipped a beat

But it happened nonetheless 

and though the world

took no notice 

my brain silently imploded

my axis permanently shifted 

and my heart

my heart skipped

numberless beats

And when I saw that it happened 

I wanted to bite

sink my teeth deep

seething, snarling

thrashing, tearing

taking my pound of flesh

And when I saw that it happened 

I wanted to retch

spew bilious agony

guts screaming

throat threatening to swell shut

And when I saw that it happened 

I wanted to hate you

to shut you (cut you)

out of my brain

out of that part of my heart 

that you ravaged

then renounced 

But mostly what I wanted 

was to not be affected 

to not feel, not think

to not 

anything 

Mostly I just wanted 

to be able to say 

gee

how nice for you

and truly mean it

to agree with you

that things really do tend 

in the end 

to work out as they should

and truly mean it