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Leaning In
I thought I knew
how to breathe
you suck it in (up)
and blow it out (off)
easy
simple
mostly
automatic
until
it isn't
until
you can't
until
love
lust
beauty
anxiety
smash you up against the lockers
and there's a knot in your back
an elephant on your chest
and nothing
nothing
else matters
except what you now
simply cannot live without
and that
is when you lean in
gasping
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