Persisting as Consumed

Let's workshop this poem about the semantics of persistence in the context of being consumed

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Persisting as Consumed

Only he who resists
has the task of having to endure,
yet for you to give in completely 

(with no resistance, at least
while still being you) would mean
persisting—if any sense

remains of persisting—
as he who completely gives into
(the lion, the wind, the truth).

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