The Collected Writings of Brian J. Mueller
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Brian’s collected pieces, volume by volume.
It's in the Middles
...where we all must live.
Take the superlatives.
You can have them.
I don’t want ‘em,
don’t need ‘em here
where I’m living
in-between.
I hope for the best,
often fear the worst,
yet would much rather
compromise for the good,
or even the not-so-bad.
Would that I could so easily
let go of my life preserver
and calmly float upon
life’s endless waves,
from top to bottom
and back up again.