Standing/ on your phone/ in the rain

7/26/2022

Jul 26, 2022

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Standing/on your phone/in the rain
7/26/2022, Con/Jur/d

An ode
to youth
this standing
this mind lost
amid the rapid
distractions, body
poised, waiting, someday

to grow old, to wither, to die
will you take it as gracefully
as you hold the phone? As
you ignore the shifting sun
the gentle patter of large
liquid drops

                   or 
             …

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