Drenched in cigarette smoke and pain

��� She watches cactuses die in California

And dim light illuminates the dark

�������������� Through the passage at the

�� end of the stairway to freedom

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������ It�s all fleeting

������������������� The power is out

and the clocks are left ticking

����������� midnight over and over again

and I�m lost wandering and

������������������������ wondering

��� through seconds and hours

Stuck in a moment

��������� On which a million lives hinge �

���� And the battery dies.