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Someday Song

Someday
the singer of the song assures me
through my car’s speakers
things will be easier
brighter
Someday
          Someday
                  Someday…

I spent decades believing
that bunkum
holding fast to hope each evening 
my someday would arrive
with the next sunrise
Someone would rub the sleep
from their eyes
so that they could see
something special in me
fortune finally turning to smile my way
as I worked my ass off 
merely to survive
while waiting patiently
as the clock kept on ticking
and the calendar kept flipping
Time running in rivulets through my fingers

Someday never came
for the cancer patient who died today
or the homeless person who passed away 
tucked into their torn and tattered 
sleeping bag under the overpass 
to shield them from the rain
For the battered child whose 
broken body was discovered
dumped in a ditch
For all those who chose this day
to put an end to their pain

How I loathe that song
though I still sing along

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