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Now or Neither

The Merry Way

By Gerard DiLeoPublished 3 years ago • Updated 3 years ago • 1 min read

There's beauty in anonymity

That allows actions needing

Neither forgiveness nor blame

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There's shielding in irrelevance

That rescinds responsibility

As we go our merry ways

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There's respite in incompetence

That steers assignors away

From the simple-living assignees

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There's wisdom in unimportance

That lets us pick and choose

Only the battles about to be won

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It's now or neither

The present or oblivion

And you'll never know which way I choose

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And I'll be on my merry way

surreal poetryperformance poetry

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Gerard DiLeo

Retired, not tired. Hippocampus, behave!

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    Written by Gerard DiLeo