Way Past Late

Originally posted April 29, 2024.

Photo by Joshua Earle on Unsplash

I always find that the past
is never fashionably late 
but undesirably early,
even when we tell it 
the wrong time
to meet up,
but only
at its worst.
Without a glance
at itself in the mirror
or change into any clothes
free of wrinkles, but always with
that atmosphere of shame and regret.

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