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40 Lovely Things I Would Miss
If the World Ended Today
If I could spend the end with orphaned, broken books
I’d give them all a home.
I love Recycled Books in Denton, Texas.
The warm embrace at the end of the laundry cycle,
Like old friends gone away and returned.
I love clothes tumbled and toasty from the dryer.
Those messy feathered visitors singing,
I love the bird feeder on my balcony.
Rich sweet sin, I could devour the world
If terra firma were chocolate cake from
Ravelin Bakery.
Patient toads in flashlight circles,
Television light through open blinds,
Fireflies flirting while we hold hands,
I love long walks after dark.
Rocket Man on the car stereo,
Soars in notes so loud
I hear music in my bones.
I could not survive a dark dystopia
without Cherries Pecans & Cream ice cream
from Braums.
