TEMPS TO PLUMMET by ALEX KIES
January 22 2026
And because I did not believe them
I went to the library to see for myself
And lo and behold it did in fact say
Right there in black and white
The words I’d written myself
Once somewhere else:
As per Heraclitus,
No one steps into the same river twice
(neither man nor river)
And so it holds I am not—
Can not in fact be—
Who I was when I x,
When x = [sent that letter].
QED.
And once my embarrassment receded
It occurred to me
I didn’t find it
All that persuasive
This time around either
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