present & accounted for
chillin’ w/some stones
& irish whiskey
I keep time w/o a watch
pretending the world
exists differently
than it did yesterday
I lost all of my money
to the bear market
& somewhere along the way
my anger went w/it
replaced by a sort of
melancholy
that I can’t quite seem
to put my finger on
the future is currently
out of the question
optioned for a song & a dance
[& a player to be named later]
while the past remains
idling in the background
waiting to be recalled
october two thousand twenty-three
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Full of depth and insight.
Thank you, Cindy.