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the speed addict knows           if he stops moving, he will die. so                         when inertia takes hold his heart falters and                his head slams against a future, lit by                        the dashboard. he hears his veins stuttering like            gears grinding out a staccato refrain,                  while the wheel spins and goes numb. as his breath        twists away from his grip, rasps a hollow plea,                he slides on a rail towards impartial angels          leaving rainbow sparks in his soaring wake,                and meets blazing lights. the addict dies twice.              one is nev