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none of it has to matter.
no deeper meaning
no slight of hand
no turn of phrase.
doesn’t need to be
revolutionary every time
or evolutionary anytime.
just the slightest shift
in consciousness.
a chuckle, a smirk,
a connection,
a tilt in an axis.
there’s no getting it,
no need for analysis,
no themes. no symbols.
there’s discovery
in no thing(s).     

that was an old man sigh
she told me as i got up to hug
them goodbye.
these are old man times
i thought to myself
washing the dishes,
recycling the bottles.
why do we promise children
magic and super powers?
when all they need to learn
is the ability to tolerate boredom
and make some things out of
no things.

none of this needs to matter,
and is seldom does.