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Ego Sum


Spitting into the ocean

hoping it would rise

Wrapped in the flag of tomorrow’s retreat

the past and its minions reprise

One more straw on the hay pile

not worth a tinker’s damn

Wishing and hoping with my last breath

 to free the words 

— I am

 

(Dreamsleep: March, 2024) 

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