June 18, 2023

seeking our wisdom delivered to

us in the mail box

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collections demanding payment

you don't have

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one of manly side shows seeking

distractions to fit a noose around

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your neck we seek escape with no 

place to hide

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we have nothing to give them

only voices turning away

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aggressive threats, loss of wages

the pressure moves us forward

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their demands unnerving reminders

of our shallow predictive life

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lost in our maze of excuses, anxiety

keeps one up at nightfall

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car lights move on the ceiling 

passing overhead and disappear

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prayers foolish needs answered

with silence

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the truth is never fixed, it wabbles

back and forth until one tries

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to change the legality of bribery

one seeks a positive

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mood even though ones child

goes hungry