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Rusting?


I can run faster,
 
Yet I don’t.
 
I can sing louder,
 
Still I won't.
 
I could eat and not feel empty,
 
However, I don’t.
 
I could brush my hair,
 
Though I won’t.
 
The key to my chains is right in front of me,
 
But the lack of color
 
Give me the inability
 
To make a change in this rusted house I’m in. 
 
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