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The Dance


He had more past 

than future

his rope was

getting thin

The choices made

the debts he paid

lost time

the biggest sin

 

His memory out

for barter

to change that

yet to come

For one last chance

to do the dance

whose music

—zero sum

 

(The New Room: May, 2023)

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