x = space

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x

prosaically yours

more so more likely than versically

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i’m tired

second cup of coffee

tv for distraction

more senses involved

than music

i should pray

i don’t what to say

could god answer anyway

there’s omniscience

after all

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my eyes are tired

computer screens don’t help

nor does the time

i couldn’t sleep

rose well

into remaining darkness

wrote for hours

tried to sleep

wrote some more

that would be now

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so here is

honestly

and what shall happen

next

is up to me

but i must manage balance

between staying in

to raise awareness

or going out

not so far

to run

to drive

some errands

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like kenny loggins at

pooh corner

there are things to do

that are exigent

prescriptions to retrieve

gasoline to get beforehand

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you know

i don’t have an

electric car

though i grieve historically

the stanley steamer

while i’ve only

come across

two pumps for electricity

in my collection

of small towns

what is the

strategy

for everyone

only charge our cars

at home

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there is trash to take out

as well

first or last

and more

you know

always more

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it’s friday

i should take the weekend

to bear it somewhere

fine

and i want

to say however plainly that

i hope you’ll carry yours

to such a place

as well

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i should say toward the conclusion

not parenthetically

that I mourn

i talked with my sister for

a while last night

we talked

about our loss

and everything that still needs doing

that she’s doing mostly

my part is to buoy

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if i pull that off

i should be helpful

which

is an impulse

or an instinct

from which

except in what were

and still might be

extreme and selfish times

it seems

i will not be released

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not to speak to heroes

for companionship but

as much to say

i come from dust

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c l couch

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if it’s not friday for you

or even daytime

fill in with your own day

of the week

the weekend comes

or has arrived

regardless

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