Today I fumbled with my words
when asked about my day,
from a kind old lady
who all I could think of
was how her life is withering away
talking in vain to a product
of a world astray.
Before the humbling wrinkles
on her face could gasp "okay",
she grabbed my throat
and ended the charade.
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