I cannot believe

I've lived this long

or made it

this far--

and though this

sojourn can

end at any

moment

I can

comfort myself

knowing

all was not

in vain

despite whatever

wounded pride

learned to accept

what it considered

failure--

the only failure

was of false

expectations--

so with yet another

clean slate and all the time

in the world until that

time runs out

let's proceed--

I'm glad to see

this awful year go--

and we'll talk more

next year--

at least those of us

still here--

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