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40 / 40 · VII. The Body

After the models
have been trained
and the datasets
cleaned
and the benchmarks
met
and the papers
published
and the keynotes
delivered
and the stock price
settled,

there is still
the matter of

a hand
reaching across a table
to hold
another hand

that did not ask
to be held

but is glad –
is so glad –

it was.
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