mental mutilation and
lifting up your arms above your head
to pull on the strings
with desperate intensity
and lack of control
you watch your own the body respond
elation castration,
oversaturation
craven desires
mistaken for needs
pupils dilate and
people like you more
feeling just a little better
then rocking back to normal
go to work and wake up early
strings slacked, lay at your sides
and other people pull them
you are no longer held up
and the car goes faster
and the radio's loud
and that god forsaken master
waits in a box until you get home
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