(x = space)

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Something on a Shelf

(for anyone feeling alone)

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I don’t want to steep

In bitterness

The tea that’s made

Isn’t worth the drinking

Perhaps not even with

The sugar of

Someone else’s kindness

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Try again

From the start

Set aside that substance

(trash it later)

There is an old jar or a new one;

If you remember,

There was savor

In the substance

In the memory

Now a promise of renewal

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Try it now

Reach, if possible

Remember what’s worth remembering

Almost a guarantee of renewal

In the trying

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C L Couch

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