Monday, July 29, 2024

almost, but not quite

i feel sad
for those in fourth place.
those not
on the podium,
but in the showers
crying.
they get nothing.
the first gets gold,
of course,
then silver,
then bronze, but
nothing
for the fourth.
he or she goes home
empty handed,
despite being
a thousandth of a second
short.

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