Wiping breakfast on the driver's side
To see more clearly what is trying to blend in
Into what has been tried
To blend with before
Weaning off affectations
These interactions erased within
Paper detachment
Jelly donut licks her blouse
Another lap around
the barking eyelids
Lifted by discouragement's sash
Chips chewed where they
Floss mercies
Out of woodwinds sans mouthpieces
Sans sanity
Box of cereal with a box on the box
In outside uncommon likelihood
Not far from nowhere
Right away from there here still
This day will pass
to make room for the next to arrive
to get to the last day before
they arrive just in time
to see the others off
getting on
with each other's
suggestions
ignored and complained about
in a bathroom echoing
leakage of what needs to come out
kept in just before
Weaning off affectations
These interactions erased within
Paper detachment
Jelly donut licks her blouse
Another lap around
the barking eyelids
Lifted by discouragement's sash
What was that?
Scratching at the neck
the shirt
the bug
the shirt
a bug
a fabric
scratching biting
whispering nothing
echoing too loudly in the bathroom
who heard?
is it
how far from the door?
are they busying themselves
deputies to deputies
assisting other
ears to the wall
- Max Stoltenberg
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