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11h
the briefness of brevity,
the quality of giving
and indeed, it is a-quality,
a luxury item so affordable,
yet, so totally, rarely purchased,

When
giving up the
requisite,
only the lonely, but
always the critical,
relevant or necessary
exquisite
in a few words

Let us practice:

I love you,

but only the very
first time, in a memory
bronzed and burnished,
putting to shame the way
too short modesty of
forever…


uttering a precious
precision of a soulful


thank you

to a passing
stranger, who runs
into your home afire,
saving all of your
family's lives


could go on, and on,
But that would not be,
A Concision,
instead,
a concession, to the

very few times in a day,
in the world's entirety,
when those are the words,
are only the only,
a sufficient holy,
a devout summary
spectacular,
akin, but only a
just, derivative of,
a sincerely uttered:

                                          Thank You God^



nml
upon re-awakening
10/5/25
7:47 am flight


^
words I uttered upon
hearing a voice in my
head,  saying it's good
enough, just send it,
with apologies to my favorite atheist
Nat Lipstadt
Written by
Nat Lipstadt  M/nyc
(M/nyc)   
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