1.09.2023

some things grow better with neglect

Give me something 
not to pay attention to 
and I'm happy. 
 
Some things 
grow better 
with neglect— 
 
spring up when the mind 
is elsewhere. 
 
A strange, wild flower 
that doesn't care 
for compliments. 
 
It is also good to be lost 
in some simple activity 
you have no interest in. 
 
Just as there is art for art's sake, 
why not a pure form of distraction? 
 
One says: "I love you to distraction," 
meaning, in a way, I can't stand 
to actually see or think of you. 
 

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