verse_№_V0431 published Dec 19, 2026 written Nov 24, 2006 verse

Gratitude

New Orleans open form place return

Thanks filed after the storm.

Gratitude in New Orleans is not a journal prompt. It is after — after kindness, after hurricane, after the meal someone stayed to help you finish.

Thanks rises with jazz because joy here always knows its opposite.

Beacon is brochure copy. Accurate is warmth that remains when the trial is still in the room.

The thanks keeps rising after the set ends.

JV · Dark Heart Labs

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