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Why can’t we just roll on the floor

like marbles, like peanuts, like grains of salt

and strike one another till one hits the goal

till none of us are bleeding

till all of us are whole

then maybe we should start bouncing

instead of just rolling

instead of just laying

there

whining and complaining

that nothing

ever happens aside from us

rolling

and when the floor tilts an angle

we all come tumbling

down to the             t

                               f

                           e

                       l

down to the   r

                                i

                                    g

                                         h

                                                t

but since we are but marbles

there is no left or right.

I can't even begin to explain what this is about.