I’m much obliged
thirty minutes and counting down
how in the hell can they say
that’s all that’s left
especially knowing the fire
has just begun
is it me or is it everyone I know
[whether dead or alive]
needs to put their two cents in
every chance they get
as if to say “I told you so”
well yes I answer rhetorically
I never did imagine I’d
get out of this place alive
but I’m much obliged
knowing you’ve been
waiting for me all this time
january two thousand twenty
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