POW!

I want to live as if we all got this daily flash of light inside our heads, 

Like a POW! from a comic book

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The burst would make everything clear,

Like how that person, whom I retaliated against,

 Had actually been hurt by life much more deeply than I would ever know 

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Everyone would know when it was time for the flash

Like church bells at noon

We would stop what we were doing

Put down our coffee cups  

And stare foggily into the distance

A flood of remorse would fills our eyes 

And we would feel deep, deep sorrow

Followed by a great release of pent up

Joy

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Then I remember I can choose to live this way, each and every day