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Creative Strategy # 48: Just say it

Patrick O'Leary
Feb 21, 2022
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I didn’t ask to join you

I just sat down

I didn’t ask to love you

I grabbed the nearest hold

& clung 

until the flood had calmed

I didn’t ask to marry you

I complied

The request was unspoken

& accepted

days

before one yes

crept out of you

or me

—Patrick O’Leary

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