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The last poem in the book.

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You know that moment
in people's life

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where people say, oh, tomorrow
is going to get better.

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Right?

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Everything's going to be OK,
tomorrow is going to be better.

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And then there's some
times where you think,

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but what if it just doesn't?

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What if it doesn't get better?

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And this is my response to that.

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"The Conditional."

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"Say tomorrow doesn't come.

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Say the moon becomes an icy pit.

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Say the sweet gum
tree is petrified.

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Say the sun's a foul
black tire fire.

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Say the owl's eyes
are pinpricks.

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Say the raccoon is
a hot tar stain.

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Say the shirt's
plastic ditch litter.

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Say the kitchen's
a cow's corpse.

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Say we never get to see it.

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Bright future, stuck like a
bum star, never coming close,

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never dazzling.

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Say we never meet her.

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Never him.

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Say we spend our last moments
staring at each other,

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hands knotted together,
clutching the dog,

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watching the sky burn.

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Say it doesn't matter.

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Say that would be enough.

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Say you'd still want this.

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Us, alive, right
here, feeling lucky."

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