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November 25, 2023
By maxinezahler GOLD, Long Branch, New Jersey
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Chapped lips, clammy feet

The scratchy blanket keeps me cold

On days like these I find it hard to remember myself


The comfort of routine, a  fr ag me n t

A life of meaning, an               

afterthought

Movies to watch and books to read pass me by


A thin film over my mind

Makes me forget hours and days

Until I'm left with the painful dryness of Now


Eyes burned by bright light

Mind numb from quick pleasure

Not craving food, only wanting to disappear


Soft hums brush my ear

Movement, gust of wind, parents

A deep breath to keep myself from suffocating


Senses      muddled       and          drifting

To the nearest source of action

Outside my window, a bird’s call! keeps me alive


My wrist can’t keep writing

Poetic words esca ping

Sur rende r to th e u n forgivable Y O U


There is nothing poetic left.

The death of everything is mostly quiet.

I sink into my pillows, a dead weight.

Photo by Jp Valery on Unsplash

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