While looking for perfect summaries is an old habit, they are probably one of the rarest things to find. They are transitional because they change based on the urgency and time frame of the writing. As I write this one with 3 minutes of the day on the clock I am inclined towards finding a prelude that doesn't need to be perfect or even complete in some ways.
Imperfect Summaries
Quick summaries in final minutes of the day
Kept in between hours that have moved away
Kept in between long distance calls back home
Where even familiar voices sound left alone
Quick end of things as we sometimes pass
Things kept on display behind thick glass
Our own summaries in words that sometimes race
As we write day after day to find our own pace
Eight final minutes as meanings draw to a close
When we are done shopping for the words we chose
Preludes may be left at home tonight
Because we were writing to final rounds of some fights
We are five minutes in between yesterday & now
Kept locked in what is written somewhere & somehow
The perfect days to which we may wish to write
Are sometimes found in the imperfect summaries of this night
Imperfect Summaries
Quick summaries in final minutes of the day
Kept in between hours that have moved away
Kept in between long distance calls back home
Where even familiar voices sound left alone
Quick end of things as we sometimes pass
Things kept on display behind thick glass
Our own summaries in words that sometimes race
As we write day after day to find our own pace
Eight final minutes as meanings draw to a close
When we are done shopping for the words we chose
Preludes may be left at home tonight
Because we were writing to final rounds of some fights
We are five minutes in between yesterday & now
Kept locked in what is written somewhere & somehow
The perfect days to which we may wish to write
Are sometimes found in the imperfect summaries of this night
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