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[aviaticsquad]

It seemed like a good idea today,
the careful selection of schools whose mission statements
I had not yet read.

They stacked alphabetically,
which gets jumbled when most of their first letters
are 'University of'

and I worry,
this hope,
it rests heavy,
it does not sleep well at night,
hope of,
it's eaten much cake,
what of,
it rests heavy in me,
for what,
I am sleepy all day.

When their letters return,
will I pick up each weight
and rip the seams open to find
earplugs and nightgowns,
the solace of my old age.