Sisyphus

The Absurdities of Life - Crushing toil.

By Conor DarrallPublished 3 years ago • 1 min read

Photo by Mark Olsen on Unsplash

Perpetually pushing that boulder,

With an ever-increasing sore shoulder.

Al Camus insists,

There is meaning to this,

Sis' found purpose in life as he rolled her.

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Conor Darrall

Short stories, poetry and some burble . Irish traditional musician, medieval swords guy, draoi and strange egg. Bipolar/ADD/CPTSD/Brain Damage. Currently querying my novel 'The Forgotten 47' - @conordarrall / www.conordarrall.com

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Babs Iverson3 years ago
Ouch! Left a heart!!!

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Conor Darrall

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