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Barry Michels · May 15, 2026

Free At Last

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Never has a body fallen so far and so fast

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FREE AT LAST
I danced through life 
My feet moving so fast I could not see them 
The music 
Lifting my body up and carrying it through its steps
Never has a body so resembled music 
Climbing higher and higher 
Until there is nowhere else to go but down 
Diving, drowning, descending 
Never has a body fallen so far and so fast
And I am free 
And I am free 
And I am free 
At last

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