Let the festivities begin

Whether or not I win

I’ll keep steady pace in writing this race

From beginning to the end

I’ll jump the highs and duck the lows

Take it as it comes and goes

How many hours you say are in this day

Please say it isn’t so

As I take out my pen and paper

Commence in on this widow maker

Step off the high dive in hopes I’m still alive

24 poems later

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