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[DonSchaeffer]

Crowded with us
are the places we are seen in.
There is no relief from us,
speech and vision,
our shadows cause the world.

Then there are the rituals of us
that persist after what senses make real
are gone. There are
shadows which fill the vacant spaces,
only slowly fading.

Time is supplied
like an ooze where
trapped images are displayed.
We dare look. It hurts
but we must.