99 Cuts

Not for remembering.
Not for sharing.
Only to expose the place that thought it was done understanding.

Each line is short.

No explanation.

No consolation.

Some lines simply stand there.

Some expose an avoided place.

Some close an old lie.

No one starts from the beginning.

Waiting too long is an unsaid refusal.

A plan is a name for not knowing yet.

The body answers before the question.

Closeness is dependence with a familiar name.

Honesty is where explanation stops.

Enough is a name for where counting ends.

Not deciding is a long decision.

The last thing does not carry a number.

The 9 lines above are not the sharpest 9.

The remaining 90 do not open all at once.

One day carries only one line.

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