have or have not

yesterday we have
in pieces
today is a whole thing
from now to now
confusion
when we’re tired
or bemused
notwithstanding

leaving the partial thing
like yesterday
tomorrow
also
in pieces of
guesswork
and expectation

well
the wind outside
is blowing thoroughly
on the branches
and I’m pretty sure
it’s cold
from the time
and the narrative
of
the season

what we have
is what we have
and what we know
we know

and I’m thinking that
control
profit
agendas
that are hidden
really don’t help this moment
that we have
and to expect
though it’s honestly a mystery regarding
next

but mysteries
have joys
if we allow
and maybe disallow
the heavy things
that
keep the letting go
down
and
down
as if
to Goblin-Town

or worse
only shadowy things for real
we think
we have to own
and wield
to own

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title swiped from Hemingway—an homage of, I mean—who might have swiped it—been inspired—from Ecclesiastes, Donne, or a sociologist

[sociology about the haves and have-nots]

yesterday’s image was of a bridge at or in New Orleans, picked because of the city and the recent tragedy occurring there (plus bridge as a metaphor)

photo by Jakub Żerdzicki on Unsplash 
“Hand holding keys to a new house. Real estate residential.”