Awaiting Possibility

There was a taste
of yesterday
in this morning’s mouth
as if —

as if it had come through
a straw
& then pleasantly lifted
itself out of this cup

pretty as you please,
sat down beside you
but it was not

ready to play.

J.D. Harms 2019

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