Dead Man Walking

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I knew this guy once. Nobody to me, just a guy on a case at first. But I got to know him. He got in a jam and he did what he thought he needed to do to get out of it. 

It didn't turn out so good.

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I see people around me, people I know, people I care about. They get themselves in jams, too. 

We bring it upon ourselves.

That's what the buddhists will tell you. 

That motherfucker karma.

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We're none of us immune. 

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God, it's like a swarm of bees in my head right now. Gritting my teeth like to bust 'em. There's something to say here but I can't get at it. Slips away. Slips left and then comes in with an uppercut or a body shot and pivots left and you jab at empty air and it tucks in again and drives one into your kidneys.

Slips away again...

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