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IT'S ALMOST TOMORROW
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BINGEWATCHING bOJACK hORSEMAN
It’s almost tomorrow
the defector cries
as he secedes
from the Union
forming his own nation state
Almost tomorrow—almost today
we have tried
to end the malaise
of concrete disease
& layered pestilence
and hence
we have ultimately
overcome
The end, they say, is near
and yet
we still have faith
1994 aside
the Holocaust
shall not return
we shall not let it
to curse the thousands
perhaps millions
who arise
to face down the abysss
and overcome
endless obstacles
No! Give up? Never!
Somehow it seems
we have found a way
to overcome
the obstacles
that stare us down
in the waking
moments of dawn
the glory of the morning sun
shall be ours to enjoy.
Hopefully, as a contribution,
Hopefully, as a contribution, I offer these thoughts: The key, I think, is to keep us all in a state of "it's almost tomorrow." Never realizing, if a success, that - sooner or later - tomorrow was yesterday, as we continue to think "it's almost tomorrow" for the rest of our days. In the vein of that thought ,what if it is already true that 'almost tomorrow' was said and gone, yesterday?
thank you for your thoughts.
thank you for your thoughts. A lot of almost tomorrow's are now yesterday but today I still feel like it's getting closer to tomorrow.
Agreed. Your way of saying is
Agreed. Your way of saying is more entertaining, by far, than watching it actually unfold.
By the way, kudos for
By the way, kudos for mentioning the 1994 genocide. People are rarely invited to recall that.