do we live useful lives
to say the beautiful things or try
to work at that like an enterprise
not to get paid for it
not to manipulate or cajole
but only to put back the shiny things
when they fall off the edge and break
that is the meaning that I take
from all the books I ever read
from all the things they ever said
and really meant
as if they were heaven sent
and I know they were
on a day I was falling off of the world myself
I turned a page
and the midnight sun returned.
mary angela douglas 28 february 2023
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