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Drift

Liam Spencer

The blinds allow some light to
weasel through.
another sleepless night
Why even bother to try?
I get up and drink more wine
just a little

Birds announce impending consciousness
the rest of the world is waking up
soon they will be
having to pretend it’s all good
faking laughs and smiles
pretending to care, feigning interest
the day mundane and sad
but distracted

Their torture awaits
of going home
being flooded with reminders
this is all they’ll ever know
all they can ever be
their lives are scripted
standard home for the neighborhood
significant other, kids, bills, mortgages
mindless tv, news, gossip
the right conversations and experiences
the right opinions, positions
all the should be’s, all proper
each an inner bullet
shattering their soul
killing them
slowly, cruelly.

Maybe I have nothing
but I’m not them
my wine kicks in
I feel better
drift to sleep

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