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Heavy Weight


A beat

A strong beat

A fast beat

One with heavy bass.

 

The platform

Empty

Waiting.

 

Everyone does their own thing, in their own world.

So many worlds, 

in one room

gravitating around one another, around machines.

 

It's easy.

Ten by Three.

Ten by Three, easy.

 

Ten by Three, heavier than me,

not easy. 

I can do it

I will do it

Ten by Three, breath.

 

They're all so beautiful,

strong, slim, bulky, learning, moving.

 

It's heavy

I've never pulled this much before.

Slam! I will pull this much now.

 

Five by Three

Five by Three left

Half way.

Legs burn

Muscles strain.

It's beautiful.

It's perfect.

 

Last set is

...

heavy

... Too heavy?

No.

Last set.

Breath. Up. Hold.

Down. Slam. 

HEAVY.

Breath. Up. Hold. Two.

Down. Slam! 

So. HEAVY.

 

Last one.

Last one.

Breath. Breath. Breath.

...Up. UP. UP UP UP!

Three!

SLAM!

 

Done!

Ten by Three

Ten by Three, done.

Legs shake, they burn

but

its beautiful

its perfect

I've never felt so alive.

So perfect and beautiful and strong.

 

Everyone else's worlds don't know

but that doesn't matter.

It doesn't matter if they know that I am strong,

that I am beautiful.

that I am perfect

because I know. 

I know

SLAM!

that I can lift heavy.

That I am

Slam!

strong

Slam!

beautiful

Slam!

perfect

Slam!

capable of great feats. 

 

I am inspirational.

 

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