impatient, i wait
willing the toaster's clock on
as if to speed time
all those rushes, stitched back whole,
a could-be lifetime's thought, lost
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This sentence in the morning affirmation by @nlowell upthread caught my eye as so universal and familiar: "So much to do and the day slips through my fingers like water." A lot of water thus flows under the bridge.