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By Aaron Michael Schultz<\/span><\/p>\n

I\u2019m 34 and freezing\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

alone at Himalaya\u2019s base\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

unsure where sky meets\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

time meets nirvana\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

but I\u2019m sure that this\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

is where some god lives\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Then I wake upon my floor\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

the height behind me just\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

a dusty couch again\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

and the wind that carried\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

my soul though the cosmos just\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

a single box fan I\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

leave running all year\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

round\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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