Over one human lifetime,
Sixty five thousand kWh of energy directed.
Thirty seconds in New York City,
Sixty five thousand kWh consumed.
For three hours,
I ran the five boroughs,
Powered by the city’s cheers.
As though I lived three hundred lives.
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