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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ub6XFO0ca5Q

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Deadlines: like

Gangplanks, like

Tightropes, like 

The shivering coils

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Of a wide, and empty net.

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As the weeks closed and 

Check-marks filled

The centers of 

Neat, little boxes ...

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All he heard 

Was a jet engine 

And the soft rustling of

Their jackets

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As they enclosed themselves around

One-another's 

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Wide, and outstretched arms.

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