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Live it or lose it
I've lost my vision!
Has it run away
down the street with no I.D.?
Or perhaps I washed
it down the drain.
Did it get buried under neath
the laundry, or beneath the
compost in the garden?
Did I wave good bye to it
at the station.? Did it melt
and evaporate in the heat
of summer? Did I can
and store it on the pantry
shelf,
or was it freeze dried?
Maybe it felt useless
and walked away
at a garage sale.
Did I shove it under the pile
of boxes filled with doodads
and maybes in the shed?
Or did I take it to the
dump to be crushed
or recycled.
I wish I knew for I can't
function without it.
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(c) Jan Brown 2000