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title: the distance
author: Steven
date: 2005-02-21 03:44:25
categories:
- Musings
tags:
- poetry
- writing
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       You know the moment?



       Something has pulled you out of the beat, and suddenly, you are outside the rhythm...

       a fly upon the back of the homunculus born of the magical alembic



       you breathe

       but alone



       and so, you move

       groping about

       long before realizing something has happened



       until

       you pick up your drum

       and realize

       you can't hear the 1



       the language of the fire has changed since you spoke it

       what feels like eons ago



       and

       having chased the beat in the past

       you consider whether the chase is worth repeating



       so

       you stand

       simply noticing

       where you stand

       and listen

       to the beat

       fade into the distance

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