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Each night, before bed,
I gather up
the day’s small disappointments,
its petty sorrows.
Furtively,
I wedge this daily detritus
under my pillow,
between mattress and box spring.
You then wonder
why
I cannot
sleep.
Living in Happy Valley, MICHELE MEKEL, JD, MHA, MBA wears many hats: educator, bioethicist, poetess, witch, woman, and—above all else—human.
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