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The World Outside

Bakhtiar Ahmed

the noon is almost past
the freezing breeze
chills me right to the bones
sitting on the squeaky
wooden bench, in this
Godforsaken park
trying to get some
warmth, the gleaming
golden grass, still wet
from the rain last night
adding to the cold
chills me right to the bones
I look at the sun, barely
visible under the thin cloudy
veil, it will soon be
dark and I have to leave
my refuge, this Godforsaken
park, the thought of getting
up and going out gives me
shudders, I want to sit
here on this squeaky
bench, all my life, forever
if possible, but
I have to go out
and face the world
again, it will soon be
dark, and I have to
go out and face the
world again

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