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Saving the World
Saving the World

It was the last straw.
Jim knew this -
he had counted
and searched diligently.

So he sucked reflectively
the last dregs from the glass,
threw the straw away,
and resigned himself to paper.


Line count: 8
Free verse
For Express It In Eight, 01.15.24
Prompt: The last straw.
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