high expectations
she was everything
from start to finish
you name it & it’s done
next door the lights
are low & the sound
is next to nothing
visitors come & go
never for very long
and on occasion
a firefighter or two
might stop by
just to check in
she used to save
lives but like her idol
is unable to save herself
and meanwhile
all the people in her life
rotate in & out
august two thousand twenty-one
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