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Twelve Hours
Was it releasing
a puddle of tears
on my shrink’s floor?

Was it a kneading
massage from sixty
year old Shelia?

Was it bopping
to salsa music
while eating
a Cuban fried
mashed potato ball?

Was it smelling
sweetness
while picking out
bakery treats?  

Was it watching
Rhapsody hide
under her coat
while drawing castles?

Was it seeing
Bucky skip after
he choose where
to eat dinner?

Was it running
to the bedroom bay windows
in jammies when thunder announced
rain tap dance on The Hudson
about to begin?

I don’t know.  
I just know
I felt like living again.