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fuck up better


on a day like today, when you fuck up
even before you wake up
you hope to at least fall forward
and miss getting it in the face

on a day when the morning alarms
weren't loud enough to rouse
you tell yourself that you are human
and this is likely fixable, with hat in hand

and so you go to take it on the chin
confess that it was all your fault
and "what can I do to rectify this?" 
needs to fall from your mouth

often and repeatedly.


Ariel