This Staggering May Day

May 1, 2026

In fact, I’m improving.
This staggering May Day—
Lacking your presence
A solid week—
I nonetheless hear
Your telephone voice
In a luxury of trust,
A swell of thanks
My memory bears
No precedent for.
Further, I seem
Near sane in the mirrors
I’ve passed since dawn.

Reynolds Price, “May Day”

And one more May Day poem for the workers of the world, from nila northSun:

when i sleep
i should be paid
overtime

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“There exists, for everyone, a sentence — a series of words — that has the power to destroy you. Another sentence exists, another series of words, that could heal you. If you’re lucky you will get the second, but you can be certain of getting the first.”

Philip K. Dick

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