PRESENT: him and her.

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He

Lifts measured weights,

Sweat beading, veins ready to burst


Her

Power is in words,

Forehead wrinkled, migraine force


He

Returns damp but smiling,

Arms and legs afire, serene torment


She

Is sitting in wait,

Fingertips exhausted, empty of paint


"I wrote about you." 

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