"There's not much doubt in any of our minds that no complete idea springs fully formed from our brow,
needing only a handshake and a signature on the contract to send it off into the world to make twenty-five billion dollars.
The germ of the idea grows slowly..." - Walt Kelly

Friday, April 10, 2026

Morning

NaPoWriMo Day Ten

No surprise - the sun has risen
yet again, and at just the right angle
to upset my fidgeting non-sleep,
a brazen intruder in my room
who sets my splintered nerves alight.

What do I regret most? (Nothing,
none of this was really your fault.)
Your comforting words are an insult. 
What do I regret most? (That you 
were weak enough for second chances.) 

The wise among us say it is possible
to find mastery in your own undoing, 
to process the crumbling. But all I feel
is a spiteful itch - it has drilled inside,
beyond the most intrepid scratching. 

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