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                Over the distant earth, 
                
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                I walk, 
                
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                as the breathing stops 
                
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                and the talk. 
                
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                The string on which, 
                
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                I mockingly dance, 
                
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                is at every step, 
                
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                my life's only chance. 
                
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                Humbled by the specter of the fall, 
                
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                yet to the drum beat, 
                
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                I march tall. 
                
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                At every breath, the thread is 
                shaken, 
                
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                What is given is bound to be taken. 
                
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