I once had a ring
mark on my finger and a tic—
even though the band of gold was long gone—
but now it’s a cup of redbush tea
and a bag of partially rehydrated pitted prunes
bathed in potassium sorbate
on a bachelor Friday evening with webtoons—
I guess I was always destined for happiness;
it’s just that life phrased it differently.

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