Julia Klimenova - Less

Ah, the bitter-sweet
Self-pity and inaction
You indulge in
When you lose
Another race
For happiness.

Wrong pace.
You were out of breath.
He ran out of time.
The clock chimed
One less.

Subtraction
Is life's favourite
Trick.

Julia Klimenova

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