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2011-08-06T22:41:55-07:00August 6th, 2011|Musings on life|

Competition of tragedy

As conversations sometimes go
a competition of tragedy

tongue cancer just last year
left a baby behind
and seven-year-old twins

a construction accident
quadriplegic, married his nurse
she left him and took
the insurance money

I wait
chomping to add my shocker
to the pile
the most ohmygods
wins.

Mine was about whisky
and hemorrhaging
immigrants
death.

At home later
I made cookies without
a recipe
just licking the bowl
until it tasted right
and when they were done
I realized I forgot
the oatmeal.

I wept
and when my husband asked me
why
I explained
how relieved I felt
to be
sad.

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