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Barefoot and Profligate

(five of pentacles, reversed—Rider-Waite)

I stand outside a frozen circle;

the sun shatters the air here.


I still use crutches to lean upon;

yet soon, they too will collapse.


My walls have fallen to ruins,

no need anymore for exits.


The world is a door locked inside.

There is no way back.

(August 15, 2023)