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LAEL LANING

Scars sing stories of the schooling

muscle and sinew seams confessed

dance until your sweat is pooling

Again and again the music grueling

and again the pleading arms outstretched

dance until your sweat is pooling

Ringing stopped, dead air is cooling

balls of feet allowed to rest

scars sing stories of the schooling

Deafening sounds of techno ruling

movement’s choreographer obsessed

scars sing stories of the schooling

Two by two and four are dueling

who can now survive the test

dance until your sweat is pooling

Music fills the tank’s refueling

rises, to the heights possessed

scars sing stories of the schooling

dance until your sweat is pooling