Today, as I walked from the kitchen,

a wave of sadness blindsided me;
I asked if it would kindly wait

and steal my composure a bit later

when there would be no witnesses.
It agreed to do so, warning me,

Some day, I will ask a favor of you.

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Hugh Lemma

Hugh does not prefer to talk about himself in the third person, but if he did, he'd tell you he's in a self-imposed exile on the east coast of the USA, but still loves his former home in the Sonoran Desert. He is the author of Odd Numbers And Evensongs and Auditions For The Afterlife.