two steps forward
we toast to the bitter taste of success
that fun-filled & fleeting drinking buddy
the one who comes & goes leisurely
each one slightly different than the last
we talk how the city managed to move
the library three blocks from the river
a feat done in months would have taken
years just a few short centuries ago
flipping pages one forward & two back
the impossible becomes doable
finally dialing in on some answers
just how far we’ve ventured from home
september two thousand twenty
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