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It’s All Go

Ian Mullins

feel better?
but to feel better
is only to
lie better,
kid yourself
that the daily grind
does no more than
grind you down,

spinning your skin
into shapes
other people will wear
and weave
as they in turn feed
the machine,

whistling happy songs
for reasons other
than the only good reason
to sing: be glad
for this song has
an ending.

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