IF

Get rid of the clutter
If I could
Whoosh!
Get rid of the clutter
In one enormous swoop
Would the bareness teach me anything?

If I kept one thing
Not one thing more
What would it be?
I’d keep integrity
For you, if I could,
and for me.

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