fate laughs at me this morning

fate laughs at me this morning
laughs at my puny attempts to
change the course of the river
that is taking me
out to sea.

cracked lips
numb hands
frozen shoulders
sour heart.

feeling
heavier and heavier
by the day
like some faraway dark star
alone in the universe
about to implode.

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