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BCP JURIED CONTEST

Mortal Covenant

Breaking the brokered

3 min readJan 4, 2025

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Suppress and subdue,
bury deep and long remember
there’s nothing for you,
so here’s the deal:
a simple agreement,
put on this mask and
just don’t feel.

Make this stay
a little easier.
Take this deal,
leave your bags
they’re too heavy anyway
and check out now,
then when you leave us
permanently
you’ll be already
ready to go.

The dotted line
held my name
I knew the deal
read the terms
and checked out.
A simple agreement,
emptiness is easier,
nothingness requires no work.

Sealed tight
in black and white
and all stayed the same
for quite some time.
That simple agreement
made it all
so much easier.
What more was there to decide
with this simple agreement.
What more was there to feel,
with no…

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Harry R. Sinclair
Harry R. Sinclair

Written by Harry R. Sinclair

Philosophical writer who hasn’t lived nearly long enough to warrant being one.

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