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Things always work out in the end

they said

 

Don’t be so quick to jump to conclusions

they said

 

Maybe things will get better on

their own

they said

 

All of this worrying

isn’t good for you

they said

 

It’s not the

end of the world

they said

 

Why do you have

to be so negative all of the time

they said

 

Wait it out

they said

 

Always look

on the bright side

they said

 

It could always

be worse

they said

 

Things’ll start to change

you’ll

see

they said

 

But you can’t think about things

that way

they said

 

No one else is saying

this kind of thing

they said

 

Why don’t you give

it a chance

they said

               it’s not hurting you

Brian McGackin

‪Poet Brian McGackin is the author of BROETRY and DEATH IN THE RICK. He lives in Los Angeles and drinks a lot of Guinness.‬

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