I want you all to take a moment
because I know you're good at that
to think.
Because I know you're NOT so good at that.
When you encounter a man in the pain of loss
do you approach and offer him a dollar
a prayer
or a hand?
Loss isn't the right word.
In the battle of life and happiness
attrition seems more appropriate.
Defeat is all but inevitable.
Unopened boxes, unsharpened pencils
dusty blank pages, moldy air rusting pans
unadressed notes apologizing
proclaiming, punctuating.