Goodnight 2017

Á la Margaret Wise Brown:

In the long grey room 

There was a mirror 

And a fallen bear 

And a picture of—nothing, the walls were blank 

And there were three dim lights sitting on tables 

And two perfect cards 

And a pair of converses 

And a little green book 

And a onesie pile 

And a braid and a computer and a Contigo of water 

And a quiet new mother who was listening close

Goodnight fear Goodnight shame 

Goodnight anger made of extra words 

Goodnight enmeshment And the anxious ambivalence 

Goodnight isolation Goodnight anhedonia 

Goodnight birth And goodnight childhood 

Goodnight certification And goodnight school 

Goodnight generous gifts And goodnight Chuy’s 

Goodnight Sufjan And goodnight Conner 

Goodnight Hammerstein Goodnight Rumi 

And goodnight to conciliatory attempts based in fear 

Goodnight Shark Goodnight Blondie 

Goodnight aimless hopes

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"Once I wanted to be the greatest
No wind or waterfall could stall me
And then came the rush of the flood
Stars at night turned deep to dust" 

-Cat Power