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Ode To a Diaphragm

WHERE HAVE ALL THE OLD DIAPHRAGMS GONE THEY ONCE WERE THE THING IN THEIR FAUX PEARL CASE LIKE A JACK IN THE BOX WHEN THEY POP OPEN IN SPACE HAVE THEY BEEN BURNED OUT FROM USE OR HAVE THEY JUST DISAPPEARED WITHOUT ANY TRACE BECAUSE OF THE PILL WHICH IS MUCH EASIER TO FACE OR HAVE THEY BEEN BURIED IN THE GROUND WITH THEIR LOVED ONES OF OLD BECAUSE THERE IS ONE THING FOR SURE THERE IS NO MARKET FOR THEM AND THEY ARE NEVER RESOLD OR HAVE THE FEW REMAINING ONES FOUND BEEN PRESERVED IN MUSEUMS ALONG WITH ANTIQUATED TORTURE AND WAR MACHINES ALL OBSOLETE MEMORABILIA AND REMINDERS OF A CULTURE PAST THAT WILL NEVER RETURN- FOR TODAY CULTURES CHANGE FAST AND THINGS BORN OF TECHNOLOGY NEVER OUTLAST GOODBYE THE NINETEEN SEVENTIES GOODBYE FLOWER POWER GOODBYE INNOCENCE GOODBYE PAST CULTURE AND TECHNOLOGY AND GOODBYE COLUMBUS

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