beautiful day + the sun is shining with a pleasant breeze:

becoming increasingly despondent
i wanted to lie on the sidewalk
wanted the yellow butterfly
to dance softly around my face
wanted
nothing

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Louis Packard is the author of "mead mania >: (" (Moloko House, 2019) and "rootbeer renaissance" (WONDER, 2024). he lives in chicago with his wife and cat. he is on twitterdotcom @ermgrrrrr.

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