we must thank and forgive our angels
who remain hard at work still
creating and refining our slowly
accumulating competencies and senses
and not disparage them for the multiple
breakdowns and malfunctions
they have not yet ironed out
in their recalcitrant creations
who are not simply collages
whose forms and colors
suggest a world that’s faded
now their thankless task is to get
each of us to function on our own volition
having mastered standing and walking
to learn to speak naturally to one another
with something kind and sensible to say
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