Saturday, April 18, 2026

Periodically Tabled

I take a pill that tastes like grace,
a tiny mercy just encased.
Another dose to calm the day,
and file tomorrow far, far away.

The market calls it progress made  
a polished form of lemonade.
It sweetens cells with careful art
and charges up the aching heart.

We pay in time, we pay in sleep;
the balance sheet is ours to keep.
The remedy arrives by mail  
a miracle with interest scale.

It treats the world by smoothing pain,
and leaves the invoice in the vein.

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