first_i_look_at_the_purse
tender_square
in
a
dream
two
weeks
ago
,
i
carried
two
purses,
one
looped
over
each
arm
,
one
for
each
version
of
me
:
the
person
i
am
now
and
the
person
i
am
becoming.
in
a
dream
last
night
,
i
carried
a
single
purse
.
or
rather
,
i
shook
the
contents
of
the
purse
out
like
a
piggy bank
and
sifted
through
the
pile
of
personal
riches
.
i
discarded
what
was
no
longer
necessary,
i
replaced
what
was
essential
back
into
the
darkened
folds
and
zipped
it
shut.
211204
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who
go
blather
from