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I Know Everyone

harbors a superiority complex.
Let’s dress up and hold a hollow bar
across the world, force a game of limbo,

listen for the whip crack of knees,
the punch grunt of new pain.
Shred our knuckles swollen,

bath them in bandages. This is a game
where we see how long we hold our breath
under icy water. The…