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take a circle. and a straight line.
put a match against the open end.
feel it burning. see the burning.
breathe the burning. until it's extinguished again.
all those distinctions. clearly ashes in a circle on
a square. i stare across it all at you.
you stare through it at me.
are you still there? are you bent up?
being burned out. are you foggy.
am i trying now? am i straightening?
am i dumping out the circle but hanging on to you?
are you lonely in this square? i'm lonely in this cube.