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This is primarily an end-of-the-year poem. Describing aspirations, decisions, and losses.

The Last Lap



The Last Lap

Ignorance and fire
now common partners
lying on a restive bed

The night now owns the day
as the day now basks 
in opaque blackness

The burnt-out embers 
scattered to the wind
now reassembles with kindling flame 

Great hopes and dreams 
flashing through the phase
now swaggers in as lost sleep and mirages
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