i am so sorry that being sorry is all i can be

i was told a family friend had four months left to live today. crying didn’t wash anything away, so i’m back here with all the life i got

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i have taxes

and expenses

and those bills i still

haven’t paid

yesterday

i was told

i was dying

with four months

to live

this is the longest

poem i have ever written

it is also the

shortest