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erase, delete, purge

embarrassing errors boggle and

jog clumsily a spell mispelled

an assertion averted a

bumbling humbling remark


all those things

we were all those

things bringing confidence to

a dance without knowing

any of the steps i

of course stepped continually on

toes not my own

breaking light into frozen

patches not fixable fixed

in a moment exposed


so sorry so sorry so sorry

you told me that insecurity is

often expressed as bravado and

of course you were correct


you don't have to forgive me but

what if you did?



-- douglas brent smith



 

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