pushing off
hands slicing through water
beginning to stroke and kick
regular breaths
feeling the cool chlorine skim past
line on the bottom leads to the other end of
the pool
every stroke is a struggle
all-consuming
no end in mind
a gulp of water instead of a breath punctuates the repetition
just get through
laps overlap and become
one big lap
tell me again why I am doing this
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