4/21/2003

We
weather centuries
and
ages of man
one day at a time
picking up
after each other
alternately
too important
to be bothered
by the detritus
we leave behind
and
no worse than
anyone else
doing their best.
Perfection
is inconsiderate
but
a little respect
for effort that
gets us
into the black
is not
a bad ambition.