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“Our knowledge has made us cynical

Our cleverness, hard and unkind

We think too much, and feel too little.”

- Charles Chaplin


as I lay awake at night,

watching Seinfeld or something,

sometimes I text you

just to see if the little

Delivered comes up underneath the message,

just because what the hell. 


it never does,

yet still I try,

sending things like 

Whatcha listening to?

Still dancing, I hope. 

Remember laughter?


and I am happy

nothing ever happens,

because I wouldn't know what to do

if you wrote back,

and I certainly wouldn't be able to sleep

if it said Delivered