predictability
this life has been scripted
from the very start
not a fairy tale
not a love story
not a dress rehearsal
but rather written in the stars
evident & true to its word
for anyone to see
what happens afterwards
is scripted as well
awaiting your presence
like a child awaits her birthday
opening gift after gift
shredding the wrappings
exclaiming it’s exactly
what she had hoped for
february two thousand twenty-three
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