It is cruel that only time teaches patience,

that life is a living practice.

Survival is encoded in us

but the bitter odds are tenacious.

It is cruel that living is a mortality test,

that standard of living is us concealing this test.

Lately Weather, our production set manager,

is bringing down the curtains.

When aesthetics are down,

Living is a search for food and water,

a strive to maintain good health,

a mission to vicariously carry on in our agile offsprings.

We're on our toes, ready to break a leg

but this improv is jumping off a plane,

and learning to land on our feet.

We find hilarity in our sorrows

as ou...

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