no it is not the presentation
it’s the context and the song
that has seen this thing before
and has been playing all along
that surrounds your mere existence
that has given you your voice
and your thoughts and your ideas
and the idea of your choice
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then i work until
my hands are bleeding stumps
and my lungs are flat
and my thoughts are numb
and my legs are broken
and my spirit bare
and have no more mirrors
and i have no more stares
and my voice is gone
and my breath is dry
and my hopeful singing
just passes the time
and then i am replaced
by the following spare
all the sweat and pain
it’s like they were never there
all the swallowed wrath
an indifferent hiccup in space
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