“There are only three events in a man’s life; birth, life, and death; he is not conscious of being born, he dies in pain, and he forgets to live.”
-Jean de La Bruyere [French satirist]

The stars didn’t show that night.
I was so hoping it did…and yet
the sky was as dark as other nights.
The darkness of death
Winter’s cold embrace
as a gold age came to an end.
Inside basking in the warmth of modern fur,
wallowing in primal heat.
Have you ever felt sadness sitting in your heart?
Wrapping yourself tightly, as if letting the coldness
seep in.
I have never enjoyed sadness
as it sun-tans in your attention,...

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