Gratefulness –
most valuable
where it seems
least possible.
The simple math-
addition of all the
justifcations needed
to explain an otherwise
inexplicable life,
a life as malaise,
misdirection,
drinking invisible Kool-Aid
feeling wise and profound
while others bucked
seeming desperate–
when the ledger is tallied
I would be a fool
to regret
a single wrong turn
clutching to myself
unimpeachable good character
even if
at the moment
gratefulness is not something
I can wrap myself in.
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