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What about help the aged?
tell me, Facebook,
where have my memories gone?

oh
they're free and they always will be
but we have left out one, maybe two,
because we are the wizards at Facebook
and that is what we can do.

***** rotten and I've forgotten the rest of that curse
but whatever it is,
Facebook, you are worse.

you give me ten memories from twelve years
and now I'm in tears

jeeez.
I can remember ten on my own
You can get a lot of not got
even when you don't have it.

I've not got a lot of not got
but I'm going to get it.
Flamin' seagull pulled a fast one
stole a chip, and it was my last one.

that's it.
What a bunch of
C's
to think like they do
and to do as they please

Never before
have I wanted so much
to leave by the door

and now it's on
eight more days
and I'll be gone
thank
**** for that.
Everything will be on the agenda
if and when you lend a
hand,

very few can get through
without assistance

what,
do you really think that the camel got through the eye of a needle without a kick up the backside?

ok
we'll let that question slide, as you too will slide without someone beside you to guide you through the labyrinth of your days.

And if you're set in your ways, as some are set in concrete
( well they were back in the gangster days )
that's how you'll meet your maker.

#alone and frightened

never happened?
perhaps it's all a dream.
And one night, at two a.m.,
your daughter will grab your face
and say,
"I love you, Mom."
And even though she’s been up for hours,
and your room’s a mess,
and you’re behind on laundry,
and you haven’t had a moment to yourself,
and you’re riddled with anxiety over things that feel unfixable,
and she looks so much like her dad-
all the suffering and pain will melt away for a second,
and you can just be here, in this moment.
And then when you kiss her forehead she’ll say “What the hell? What the helly mom?” and you’ll know you gotta start scrolling TikTok alone.
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