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I'M NOT DEAD YET

By Manning Peterson

there isn't much time, it's true
but there is time
use it

for days it rained
words paper ink
exploded into the sky

paper
rock
scissors

what were you saying?
i couldn't hear then
let's put those words back together
the ones we want i mean
to hell with the rest
now's about starting over

and what would you say to me
if today was our last?
say that.

Manning Peterson lives in Oak Park, Illinois, and works in banking.