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# Lines That Didn’t Make The Cut #3
- URL: https://www.richardjnewman.com/microblog/lines-that-didnt-make-the-cut-2/
- Published: 2025-08-28T03:04:27.000Z
- Updated: 2025-08-28T03:04:26.000Z
- Author: Richard Jeffrey Newman
- Tags: Microblog

**Lines That Didn’t Make The Cut #3**

You know you are expected to respond,  
 that rules establish how to choose your words.   
Instead, you lead her out beyond the edge  
 and watch her iron shackles become birds.  
 Surrender to this failure. Shave your head.  
 Embrace her like the resurrected dead.