Sui generis

For Gill

I wanted to be special.
Famous.
Extraordinary.

In that, might be I’ve failed.
But.
I am important.

A piece of the puzzle.
Essential.
If only because

things
would be somewhat other
sans moi.

An alteration
in the fabric of life
I am I am.

And there are those
who’d notice
me not-there.

The landlord,
whose bank account
would dip.

Hungry cats, hens, fish;
Facebook friends
feeling pangs.

My Kinder would
waver
in their steady course.

For every ant
builds up the hill; and even an ocean
is made up of drops.


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4 Comments

  1. I think this speaks to a theme we all care about, there’s a universality to this feeling. And of course we all feel your absence. You make the world a more beautiful place.

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