Evening benediction

I wish things were easier for you / I wish there was more time to rest / I wish you didn’t live in a late-capitalist hellscape / I wish you had an em dash on your keyboard / I wish the great big “I love you” in your heart had a safe place to land / I wish all your food came with the onions already picked out / I wish you didn’t have to fight so hard to be understood / I wish you loved your crooked smile as much as we all do / I wish you always had a glass of cool water by your bed when you woke up thirsty in the middle of the night / I wish there was more time to play / I wish the heat was a dry heat / I wish your car had an mp3 player / I wish the headaches would give you a break already / I wish you could sleep until you weren’t tired anymore.

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