i'd write that novel someday

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DSteffi

Published: Nov 13, 2014

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Literature Text

I think people glue themselves together
right after waking up. And sometimes,
there’s no time to get dry
before the alarm clock quakes.
But when they sip their coffee,
or go out for their morning run,
maybe that’s when
they reassure themselves
that the patches of tape
they rushed in the walk
from bed to door
would hold them up together-

at least until the night.
I knew I was going to do this
for a long while,
so I didn’t bother to count.
We’re like those arrows on google maps
threaded together
with software hands-
or push pins on a wall
with a red string in between.

I was riding shotgun all this time
with the windows closed
and the windshield broken.
Perhaps I found the taillights
beautifully bright
that I kept looking back at the paints
on the road.

But I also think that I earned my sleep
and the dreamlessness that comes with it.