eleven

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weighted pens on our right and left hands
heavy chains on our legs
string tied around our neck
sitting on a chair that slowly crumbles

the string seems to get tighter with each passing day
the chair legs we sit on are breaking
ah, effort– something we're slaves to
as soon as we're born we're slaves, it seems

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