DNT PNIC

Francis Daulerio is the author of two books of poetry, If & When We Wake (2015) and Please Plant This Book (2018). More info at FrancisDaulerio.com.

Sure, a few of the vowels are missing,but I'm no dummy,though rushing toward the nextinconsequential thing I have to do,it takes a quarter mile or so to seethe out-of-state plate on this grey Ford Focusthat's going a little slow for my liking,not clicking until the red light, when it hits me: DNT PNIClike a message sent from somewhereI've struggled latelyto find hope in, but I've struggled lately to find hope in most things, these last weeks again a spiraling mess of counting breaths, stomach full of worry over nothing I can name, and only minutes before this very m

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