employees must wash hands before returning to work

patterns
settling into routine
can be the most
mind numbing
and soul crushing
of things.
in other instances
it can actually be
something
good and comforting.
sometimes one
can become
the other.
actually,
a lot of times
one does become
the other.

the distance of memory
if i still missed you
i suppose we would
still talk
on a regular basis.
how did we let our selves
get this way?
it was too easy
and too gradual
and now
we are
poles
apart.