flowers to be
mistakes are made after some sort of action
is performed
—such as a bank teller debiting
your account instead of crediting it
without any action there is no mistake
there is only negligence
a sort of indifference to those who may
be affected
what invariably may take place
after such lack of caring
is of no consequence
it’s like deer at midnight
snatching away your incipient flowers
—there’s nothing you can do about it
january two thousand twenty-three
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