NEW POETRY

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at
the end
you
can say
you
showed up
every day.
whether
beaten,
fatigued,
hungover,
uninspired,
or rejected –
you
didn’t let
any
of it
get
to you.
you were
unrelenting
when
so many
big
neon signs
flashed
RELENT.
and that
is how
you won.

Ken Kakareka has appeared numerous times at Fast Pop Lit.

His publication, Bullshit, is available at Amazon.