Young faces

young faces
crowd the gate
trying to push past the bouncer
to life on the other side

through, they celebrate
the chance to get top dollar
for pieces of their souls
figuring
whatever’s left
is where they’ll be

life being one big hologram
and in each part, everything

so what’s to lose after all
we only use ten percent of our brains
so there can’t be much pain
in trading for gain
stuff we waste anyway

they say

til the day they realize
they gave the rest
to create the test
designed to stump
the very best

the only key
the final fee
they had to pay
cuz nothing’s free

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