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Conceding the Day
I cling to this day
as if I do not want it to end.
The rinse-and-repeat pattern of my life
does not appeal to me now.
If I had marked this day as fascinating,
what would have been different?
What cast of characters would be enlisted to
act out the scenes of everyday life?
As if to add a mystery to the novel del dia,
I want to clarify,
if not uncover the liars that wrote the book of rhetoric
and see if they will confess their crimes.
And it was not enough.
The day presses on;
it will soon become a brand new day.
One full of new twists and parallel connections.
A day that will fill me with pride
and swell within my breast.
As the song of the working man
makes me who I am.
And thus I concede.
But the month is young
and does not travel quickly.
I am ok with that.
Yes, that will do.