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Soon the gates would open without the need for such labour.
Soon the stone would be rolling up the hill, as if by a miracle.
Soon I will crawl on my hands and knees towards the other side.
But for now I will keep my nose ring, begin my rounds and think
like a horse, both tethered and forced into a war of its unmaking.
I will wait like stillness that pervades the light green hills I dream.