Then No More

You only get one for yourself.
One. Everyone only gets one.

You can watch. You can read about.
You can be aware of thousands

In an hour. Millions in a year.
You can see a hundred onscreen.

One. You get one. Of all the ways
You know of. All the times you dream.

All your contemplations of which
Are the worst and the best. You get

One. It’s not the statistic part
Of being just a statistic

That really bothers anyone.
It’s that article, singular,

Not even definite. That’s you,
Friend, no matter who. You get one.