The Collected Writings of Brian J. Mueller

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Whatever It Is

...know it too shall pass.

Whatever it is
doesn’t end
because I say
it must end.

Nevertheless,
whatever it is –

my hangover,
your mood,
this job,
the effing winter,
political madness,
our constant bickering,
the way he lives,
the way she talks,
mass incarceration,
factory farms,
plastics,
Neoliberalism,
zombie movies,
Facebook,
Wall Street,
refined sugar,
the World Bank,
assault weapons
and trans fats –

will all one day come
to an abrupt end.

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