Thoughts on this and that.

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It’s a fixed list of things to live

Though she’s not exactly running low

She’s to browse and buy and tick

It all before the store says they need to close

Tiny cars, lots of dolls, picky to eat at all

Read this, watch that, listen to the voice of God

Prayer will pay her path and heart and death

Will owe her time as she works this school

Of purpose to be a being she didn’t order

A pack of kids for the relatives yes?

A can of praise to warm up on Sundays

A bottle of water for others but herself

A man reduced to clear would shut them up

As she drowns in a debt of self with all this stuff


January 19, 2026 | 7.36

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