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today there was momentum
like when you pump your legs to make the swing go so high you feel dizzy and have to close your eyes while walking the dogs I see a dead sparrow its jagged broken wing a scar on the bright green grass my wintered skin defrosts under the suns blind halo today I left my cave to join the world outside starbuck's target trader joe's errant errands to pass the tick tocking time bomb I hold my daughters hand at the drugstore when her arm winces from the needle I reward her with a new teddy bear that she holds the rest of the day with her unaffected arm I cook a dinner that has meat vegetables and a starch walk the dogs again clean the kitchen until the counters sparkle like in a commercial for cleaning products today I was a good mother I didn't listen to records backwards I didn't drink a bottle of wine while writing existential death poems I read a wholesome travel book washed my daughters new summer clothes gave the dogs their flea meds now that my mind is a corn husk I hope my reward is sleep
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