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when I stop and just let the silence be. . . everything is ok: the tattered tarp partially buried in the hillside is ok the broken bough used as a toy by the poor children is ok the jaggedly chopped tree stump by the parked car is ok the unevenly placed stairs that force you to change your gait are ok the distant tower with the blinking light is ok the solitude among other mortals is ok the whelming sense of being lost is ok the neat glass of scotch from the isle of skye is ok the divorced lesbian with two kids at the end of her rope is ok the minuscule fly that landed on my forehead in the bathroom this morning is ok everything is ok even the things that aren't they're ok too
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Mar 14, 2021
Mar 14, 2021 at 3:26 PM UTC
oklahoma
when I stop and just let the silence be. . . everything is ok: the tattered tarp partially buried in the hillside is ok the broken bough used as a toy by the poor children is ok the jaggedly chopped tree stump by the parked car is ok the unevenly placed stairs that force you to change your gait are ok the distant tower with the blinking light is ok the solitude among other mortals is ok the whelming sense of being lost is ok the neat glass of scotch from the isle of skye is ok the divorced lesbian with two kids at the end of her rope is ok the minuscule fly that landed on my forehead in the bathroom this morning is ok everything is ok even the things that aren't they're ok too
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Mar 14, 2021
Mar 14, 2021 at 3:26 PM UTC
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