when you have no idea
what your next move might be
or if tomorrow is even
a possibility
that’s just the right time
to breathe in
whatever air you can find
exhaling with a smile
and a rhyme
august two thousand twenty-four
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it’s complicated
how the days pass by like years
slowly becoming
as old as the moon
dying
at the end
of its final phase
brand new shadows
appear from the faintest of light
light that speeds
past corners
zeroing in on
a present
that recently existed
september two thousand twenty-two
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when will they figure out
nobody really lives here
that the present
is just an amalgamation of coming events
reshaped by an ever-changing past
where pyramids were built
by left-leaning mexicans
and futuristic border walls
by alt-right aliens
january two thousand twenty-one
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living in the present
yes I get that who doesn’t
taking in the sights and sounds
as if you’re seeing the world
around you each and every day
for the very first time
but alas what challenges
the present creates
especially when piecing
together past and future events
defining and redefining
perceptions and realities
not to mention those ever elusive
dream interpretations
so here you are sitting
at an outdoor cafe
alone or perhaps with a
real or imagined friend
living in the moment as they say
never pulling back or pushing forward
somehow knowing every single word
to every single song streaming
out into the open air
april two thousand nineteen
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