The Collected Writings of Brian J. Mueller
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Emily
She says it
in a handful of words
written on a scrap of paper
upside down
and in pencil.
It pours out of me
like a broken pipe
spilling ink,
which I then dutifully type
and disseminate
in electronic bytes.
I hope we say the same things,
even though I know
she says them better.
Doesn’t it make more sense
to talk about the brevity of life
in just a word or two?