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An Open Invitation

Cathy Porter

this disease takes the mind,
twists it like a pretzel, then walks away, unbothered

What becomes of the brain, discarded —
past the sale date, relegated to mush
and given no bother?

As time slides off the clock, each day
a mirror to the one before and after.

Clouds gather even on sunny days, your eyes
vacant like an abandoned lot in a town
hit hard by recession –

Or depression, for this is what it is:
a new-old wound where we laugh to cover
ourselves, to preserve the last spec
of land left —

The one where you once ran free
in perfect stride, calling us in for dinner,
the summer sky an open invitation
to anything possible.



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