These Things We Hold Dear

grapefruit: what I imagine to be
More than a handful
Heavy and lumpy
Pliable, porous

olive: probably much more like it

Orbiting ball of fire: talons
wrapped around a sphere
like cheap necklaces at a Renaissance Fair
The potential for great disaster: likely despite all confusing reinforcement of why and whom
Faith and excuses
Rewriting and insulated fact checking
Selective demarcation

A destiny less lovely: also likely
depending on whom you ask
Mostly my circles
Agree not likely

Not: lovely
Not: really anything

Perhaps return all these items
At checkout
Feels like they were in the cart for seconds

Not helping or serving
Measurement of time

Short span for a large mammal
Longer for a gnat
One would think: hawk, hummingbird

Then again maybe: let's dance
Like a crowded subway car
A bouncy ellipse
A gel cap or NyQuil
An entire world with rings
Surrounding other rings
Jumping what would be
Thousands of miles
Lifetimes
Universes
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3.14.12