Catching

Click click click
The pully goes
Up then down
Down then up
Up up up
Down.

Click click click
Something is
Caught in my catch
It flutters there
and strangles itself
Down.

Click click click
The pully goes
Never stopping
For what I've caught
It just goes
Down.

Click click click
It still flutters
Down down down
Up.
Release
The pully goes.

Click click click
I wait for the catch
To be caught again
But I can't help
To look
Up.


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