Expectant Poem by Laurence Overmire
Expectant
We should have seen it coming
The future is not hard to predict
Death is and must be
We try so hard to pretend
Life is less than it is
Lest wanting more
We find ourselves
Profoundly
Disappointed.
~ Laurence Overmire
(Previously published in Badosa, June 2003)
Thursday, June 27, 2024
Topic(s) of this poem: future,june
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