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Signal
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Less then a sign a signal is
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a dot, a single pixel,
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cause of my automatic response.
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A borderline case,
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its meaning minimal.
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Yet it is there:
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like a dot is,
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but really is not.
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The yellow light is the station for the blue.
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The green light stops on red,
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the body is the terminal.
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I instantly respond to the sign.
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my body makes a turn:
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forward, stop, aside.
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It shrinks and grows in watchfulness.
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My eyes are the last post,
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my gaze darts away
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or stays nearby,
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depending on the sign.
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