And You Can Keep the Mule

To whomever owns 
  the emptiness

I’ll take forty acres 
  if you please

With space and time
  locked tightly out

Where nothing
  —rules supreme

(Villanova Pennsylvania: April, 2019)
Copyright © | Year Posted 2019

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April 4, 2019 at 7:12 AM
great title Kurt....and the content tickles the longings of the heart
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