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An Angel Has Lost Its Wings

The image shows two black barbell-shaped objects (straight bars with a ball at each end) placed on a gray textured background. At the bottom of the image, there is white text that reads 'an angel has lost its wings', creating a visual pun where the barbell-shaped objects are meant to represent an angel's wings that have fallen off.
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The image shows two black barbell-shaped objects (straight bars with a ball at each end) placed on a gray textured background. At the bottom of the image, there is white text that reads 'an angel has lost its wings', creating a visual pun where the barbell-shaped objects are meant to represent an angel's wings that have fallen off.

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The image was sourced from X.com (formerly Twitter) account @meme_basement. It appears to be an original creation using photography of physical objects arranged to create a visual pun.

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