CHALLENGER'S RAP

• When i'm cascading into a fading sleep by counting sheep that leap,
• over and over and by the tenth, it got stuck in the fence by coincidence
• i feel im sinking in too deep, til i'm out of reach and standing on a beach
• with the sand in-between the gaps of my feet, into the pillow my head lays,
• staring at the ceiling, feeling wide awake but fast asleep, picturing
• a lingering head with slithering hair of fifty snakes that glare, peeped,
• all takes is one thought and im off and away, in a stream of dreams to slay,
• this beast that preys on my allaying body that wastes for days in the same,
• place, decaying a weight and little by little i break, until it's just the middle-
• left on a plate, dished to the witches that offer me a single wish, jaw-break-
• er with a hollow base, cat on my lap sits and purs, long fur, claws that burn-
• when scratched, a scar is left that hurts, got my rage looked up in a cage,
• and every night a face of shade scratches along the wires that interlace,
• it's got me shook, i'm scared to look so i keep my head tucked in a safe,
• where its safe, on the outside I appear displaced, in outa-space, eraser-
• and pencil writing essays, setting this paper ablaze, fuelling the fireplace,
• with hate, anger that conveys a lighthouse displaying light rays, to help-
• show the way to the path to the bay, the dock, with the rest of the flock,
• down the dorm I contemplate, wearing uniform that's torn and blood stained.
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