cage of light bright metal
warm smell of straw and urine
a rat presses a lever with its snout
receives yet another shot of dopamine
its eyes dull
as if that were it
presses the lever again
again
again
an automatic counter
plastic parts and electronic components
registers each event
relaying information in a real-time printout
uploading a graph to a science website
inside is outside
as if it were that
the lab technician
white coat with the firms logo
a decent roller pen
a discreet piercing twixt mouth and chin
is thinking of relationships, being authentic, vacations
as if it were that
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