A strong conclusion to what's been one your best poem-a-day collections I can ever remember reading. I love the background of this piece even more than I like the final thought that it builds up to. It's all the little details that gave that last line so much force that I find to be the most interesting. I especially like the idea of "The air hasn't welcomed me awake." A fantastic, perfect ending to this series.

I admire the way you kept this month of poems. Good on you, Ava. In this one, I think your author's note fits in with the poem so perfectly, it is at a definite oneness with the poem.

Went back and reread them all just now, and it is a beautiful, cohesive work, alternately hopeful and cynical, bitter and amicable, hot and cold, days changing moods changing minds and leaving us fortunate readers with a series of crystal-clear snapshots that grow on each-other and evolve. I enjoyed these as you posted them. I enjoy them even more now.