Friday, February 3, 2023

limerick, lacrimosa, limerence

 buzz of confusion, blurry eyed 
little black hairs line the rim around the sink
a single-file army of disembodied ant legs
left behind by a vengeful deity

all too often I forget to observe 
sleepwalking in a haze of old hurts 
running over them like a tongue runs over a cut in a cheek
slowing healing for brief satisfaction

if you placed me but ten minutes away
from the house I've lived in for sixteen years 
I might not be able to find my way back home  

I've been nothing
all this time

tired, listless
almost blind

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