Monday, September 12, 2022

15,581. YOU MAY NOT

YOU MAY NOT
You may not any longer ask
about me, or question my being.
Like legions before me, I will be
gone. The race is to the swift, as
is said, and I'm a real fleet-foot
now. Names pile up  -  the dead
wander. Aimless, like granules of
sugar on a too-sweet dumpling.

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