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No More

Gerald Zipper

This is it
my personal terminus
the needle and thread of my rebirth
never again allow wanton weakness
never again humility
never again derided
there are o more moments
time has collapsed
not another instant a victim
not another tick or vagrant tock
no more seconds reeling at the edge of the clock
this is ultimate finality
you can’t hurt me again
you can’t use me
you can’t abuse me
this is the absolute end
what is left, you ask?
to keep my distance from the exploiters
to protect the precious granule secreted in my center
the prized speck you will never reach
I will be hard
resolute determined
until maybe next time
and maybe the next
and the next.

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