this is for you...

...just for you, especially.
because i know how you feel.
or don't.
i don't think you feel anything.
at least, not anymore.

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and again,
more wine is spilt
and i have no desire to pour another glass.

you took your's,
and poured it into mine,
only to drink from it.

all the same--
and once, again
--your palate is whet
and my glass is empty,
save for but a few spare drops
that left your lips, carelessly,
to fall into such a shallow pool.

am i worried about the future?

a day.

one month.

60 seconds.

a year.

time and weeks.

end to end.

plans on the daily,

momentarily fixed.

reality in alteration

resets the expected.

uncontrollable.

external.

still striving

with effortless momentum.

we are...

we are new.
we are changed.

everything unlearned--
forgotten with age.

remember your name.
untouched, blank page.

we are new.
we are changed.

glass people

this is today.

and today is real.

the fifty-fourth minute is here.

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we are human.

we are fragile.