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The meaning
To life
The universe
To everything
Is squeezing love from lemons
Sweetening them with sorrow
Melting the ice in your veins
And drinking every tart drop
Until it's dry
Starting over the next day
Perhaps it's limes
Or mud
Drops of dew
Sitting on your tongue
With nothing to ease the journey
As you swallow
Acid
Dirt
Pain
Turning to joy in your belly
At the sound of a laugh
A gentle touch
A feather floating impossibly slowly to the ground
Until whimper or bang
And it's done