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ONE MORE DAY!!!!!!!!! Yay!  I can’t believe this. The 26th was my birthday and one of the things I do on or around my birthday is go through my list of goals and re-assess them. See if I accomplished any, see if I need to redirect some things. One of the goals I had written down from the New Year (the other time of the year I look at my goals) was to work more stringently on my poetry. I had forgotten about that goal. Yet here I am spending a whole month doing just that. That’s pretty cool!

Today’s prompt at Poetic Asides was to title a poem, “Never ______”, fill in the blank and write the poem from there. Below is my attempt:

Never depend on anything — or anyone

My tv gave out today. It’s been going forever.
And ever.
Coffeemaker, clock radio will both soon follow.
I want them to last forever.
I want them to die and make way for new things
I can’t afford.
And just when I can’t afford it
the tv died.

The most dependable friend will have to bow out –
see to themselves
just when you’ve crashed and burned.
So -
So what?
It’s the story.
It’s what makes a good story.
So -
Never depend on anything -
especially the beauty of the rose on a hot summer day.
Just enjoy it while it lasts.