Tagged: experience

there are glimpses of

there are glimpses of
not belonging sometimes
especially in the
places where we ought
to, want to, or have long
dug out a space to,
belong. perhaps belonging
is mostly an acquired
taste – with just enough
salt, sugar, or sriracha,
we can get by with ignoring
the necessary blandness
.
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between the walls of

between the walls of
our unit, the pipes are heating
up tonight, scatting

a rhythm familiar
only to the oldest tenants
.
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thursday evening, a

at the end of the

at the end of the
night, i store all of these pinpricks
in my heart, absorbed,

melted down into coarser,
even coarser elements, pray
.
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at the end of the

at the end of the
day, you will be left with no
choice but to play the

white card – neighbor, friend, lover,
in-law, student, colleague, stranger
.
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at every city

at every city
corner, there is a promise
of something maybe

delicious, maybe stale, maybe
under-cooked, maybe life-changing
.
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it is looking more and

it is looking more and
more likely that
we have been weighing
the wrong things, counting
and measuring
that which is
not easily
quantifiable, things we
can’t wrap our heads
around. we have
disassociated, splintered,
fractured ourselves for
too long to contain
so much, we can’t
be reliable data
within these set
values, even words
are no longer
enough, nor
meaningful
.
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we lose track, lose touch,

we lose track, lose touch,
can’t find our way back to one
another, stumble

towards purpose, meander
for a meaning, hands growing numb
.
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when eating pizza,

when eating pizza,
we will experience gaps –
perhaps it will taste

regional, or maybe just one
town over, a known measurement
.
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inside each waiting

inside each waiting
are small sachets of seasoned
waiting, provided

principally as a source
of comfort, preservation
.
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