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I, too, sing Exhaustion
May 8, 2023
I, too, sing exhaustion
I am a sandbag
Bones weary and worn
A box filled with lead
Sinking
Drowning
Until I collide with the bottom, imploding on impact
Learning how to swim with weights on my feet
Striving for a goal
Falling behind
Reaching
Slipping out of my grasp like Tantalus
Starved
Searching,
Looking for the end
The sunrise coming through the clouds
I, too, am exhaustion
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This piece was inspired by Langston Hughes's poem I, too, sing America.