Strings

In rhythm the beats beat
The whistler whistles on
Silence
Bang!
You’re afraid
Paranoid

Stages, take you down
Crawl, walk, run, crawl
You cannot move
You do not wish to
Dazed, fazed
Or just dead?

Strings, attached
Attachments, inert
Inertia, apathy
Apathy, chained

Strings be damned

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