Friday, August 28, 2020

small tragedies

there are tragedies

such as death
or fires,

flooding perhaps.
the market tumbles

and then

there are small ones.
the loss

of a wallet,
a purse,

a shoelace snaps.
a spilled drink upon your
clean
white

shirt.
a lipstick smudge
you forgot

about, then paid
a price

when it wasn't the first.

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