in order to help minimize
your confusion,
every day
shall cancel out
the one that came before.
This way,
the middle-grade
place where you are
shall always be
the same as the place
where you came from—
and yet,
marvelously
new to you—
and yet,
dripping wet
with significance.
True: with such
a barrage of new
beginnings to upend you,
you'll never uncover
the source of your
discomforts;
but henceforth,
you'll find yourself
compelled to agree
that bewilderment
at your pain
is a small price to pay
for the chance
to forget: you both inflicted
and deserve it.
