the next chapter
nobody knows how he does it
so they forget it & move on
it’s no news saturday
one day a week set aside for peace
you pick up the phone
and say nope
you put it back down
nature always works
always in the background
saying look at me
hike on my spine
use my arms to clear a path
my legs to keep you going
nobody knows how he does it
he’s just a freak of nature
saturdays come & go
and in between
well we’d rather not talk about it
how the weather channel was wrong
how the hostage situation
keeps getting worse
in the dining room teenagers
are playing the board game RISK
one of them eventually
dominates the entire world
vows to usher in the next chapter
november two thousand twenty-three
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