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open for business

August 26, 2018
By keeleyg BRONZE, Montclair, New Jersey
keeleyg BRONZE, Montclair, New Jersey
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live as if you were to die tomorrow. learn as if you were to live forever. - mohandas gandhi


hello sir

yes, there’s a vacancy in this inn

though we’re not looking for anyone to fill it

its emptiness means nothing unless we say so

so

move along

do you read the word yes anywhere on these lips

do you see an open for business sign hanging around my neck

sir, i don’t quite know how to explain a concept rather rudimentary

yes means yes

no means no

this ghost town is telling you

to go

it’s not your responsibility to make us whole again

not your duty as a man

to get every shop up and running

every streetlamp buzzing

contrary to your belief, we are very content

living within the peace and quiet of our brick bodies, shutters closed



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