Ever Since Before the Dawn

Ever since

before the dawn,

we haven’t been

remotely sure

what’s going on.

We don’t know

squat about

a tittle or a jot.

And so we sit

around a lot,

above, below,

beyond --

backward,

forward,

faces drawn,

heading toward

the butt end

of another year,

sleepless,

unaware,

perversely

fond

of being

here.





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