The Concept of a “Bare Minimum”
December 9, 2021
Too often this year I have heard a familiar mantra “maybe next year”, “let’s focus on surviving”, “this is not explicitly my problem.”
Next year
Two words, a double sided sword
Once upon a time
They played the parts of a promise
Let’s focus on surviving
As if focus has ever had anything to do with survival
or everything to do with survival
Once upon a time we hunted
precision of arrows enveloped our thoughts
we no longer need to focus
to survive
We have been
So direct your focus to me
Your problems may be yours
but ours are also yours
and yours swirl in my mind
interlocking railway tracks
and you’re coming to the station late
Oh wait
this date…
A year of nothing, of an empty glass
poised next to a pitcher
of silence, except for the ring of the rim
and I am even a weak whisper
Please help me pour us all drink
Even if it’s not in your contract
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