You collect dysfunction like<\/p>\n
baseball cards:<\/p>\n
the amoeba-like shoots of hypochondria,<\/p>\n
the magenta-stars of agoraphobia,<\/p>\n
the up-growths of anxiety,<\/p>\n
and the demented daffodil\u2019s face that is depression.<\/p>\n
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Plain obnoxiousness will stalk you<\/p>\n
like a rabid squirrel,<\/p>\n
and obesity will suffocate you<\/p>\n
until you have nothing left to give;<\/p>\n
suicidality will darken your door,<\/p>\n
and even dare to enter,<\/p>\n
once.<\/p>\n
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Forget it. The law has a way of<\/p>\n
dropping those cards, scattering them,<\/p>\n
destroying them, and minimizing them until<\/p>\n
they are nothing but mush.<\/p>\n
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Sarah Daly You collect dysfunction like baseball cards: the amoeba-like shoots of hypochondria, the magenta-stars of agoraphobia, the up-growths of anxiety, and the demented daffodil\u2019s face that is depression. Plain obnoxiousness will stalk you like a rabid squirrel, and obesity will suffocate you until you have nothing left to give; suicidality will darken your … <\/p>\n