on the market without warranty
now with winter in the rearview
it’s time to open
the second story windows
for the very last time
I always imagined I’d miss this place
but it seems the preparations
have been ongoing for so long
it’s simply not the case
think of a loved one
who’d been in the final stages of life
for weeks or months
or possibly years
that when the time finally arrived
it was as if a warm & lasting relief
somehow superseded
grief or regret
march two thousand twenty-five
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