—DON’T KNOW WHY I STILL CAN’T GET IT RIGHT

 

 

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It made sense to aspire 

to get promoted 

to buy and sell and buy more and 

have two and get promoted 

and collect more than we needed

watch it multiply like 

a virus of good fortune 

watch our kids grow like 

proper rain clouds dressed for ceremony

but when the fires struck

each spigot chuckled

yodeling down one canyon

and into the next

like a hyena or callous thief 

that got off scot-free