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Exercising privilege
I thought myself into the place of the triskadekaphobe
Or tried to
And considered whether it would be better
To stay home
Or go away

The latter seems better

If the fear is that
Things will go wrong
Because the day is cursed
And is cursed at
Then it seems that having things go wrong
Away
Is better than having things go wrong
At home

Home
Is supposed to be
A place of refuge
The place to which retreats are made
And not the place from which they are made

Nightmares befalling the waking at home
Contravenes that
Abrogates it
And that is worse than work being bad
Since work is often bad

Twain knew it
Work consists of what a body is obliged to do
And obligation connotes a burden
Not always joyfully borne

Get to work, then.