ZERO CHANGES

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a zero,

a circle,

slightly stretched,

e

long

gated,

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altered

my longing,

locked the gate,

locked the tongue and groove

of your longing,

left us with nothing to cipher,

left us with nothing that could be reset

to a non zero,

left us without

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even

the possibility of a

big bang.