NaPoWriMo 2019 Day 30

NaPoWriMo Day 30. And we're here at last. 2nd NaPoWriMo successfully completed. Prompt from napowrimo.net for the day was to write a minimalist poem.
Thank you NaPoWriMo/GloPoWriMo 2019 for the interesting mix of prompts.
And thanks to Airplane Poetry Movement for teaching me I could do it. We all miss you guys.


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