ongoing clinical trials
it was thursday & we turned
everything off
outside the front door
I stood on the patio & breathed in
the fresh air
unapologetically
the grass & concrete
were slightly frosted over
the neighborhood street
quiet & mostly vacant
(somehow eerily queer)
like in a king story
or hitchcock movie
back in the kitchen
feel free to pick your poison
mimosa or bloody mary
or any kind of shot in the dark
whether from the liquor
or medicine cabinet
if for some reason
you feel the need to get away
please remember the little turkey
should be ready by two
november two thousand twenty
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Nice one!
Many thanks, EDub!
This was lovely
Thank you, Padmini!