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Saturday, August 27, 2022

off the floor


by horace p sternwall



i picked a book up off the floor
i remembered reading it before
and thinking it was quite profound
and not being able to put it down

but what was it about?
i never found out
a revolution intervened
so at the time it seemed

i put down the book
as the earth shook
and ran into the street
destiny to meet

the years went by
that is no lie
misbegotten
best forgotten

every life is a book that is blank
a limo with no gas in its tank
the words fade away as they are written down
the car never gets to the next town


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