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The sun, that yellow spider’s web,
\nrevolves again around my head.
\nThe ground, alive and full of meat,
\npulls back and down and grabs my feet.
\nSeems the constant need
\none feels for elevation
\nties directly to the genes
\nof caste and station.
\nGravity is just a shill for politics.
\nEvolution’s just a bag of dirty tricks.<\/p>\n

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The sun, that yellow spider’s web, revolves again around my head. The ground, alive and full of meat, pulls back and down and grabs my feet. Seems the constant need one feels for elevation ties directly to the genes of caste and station. Gravity is just a shill for politics. 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