taking up space
bus driver made a strange face
here’s how to push fast on a skateboard
the abundance of things
I did not understand
when I was fourteen years old
the world wanted me
but I was so petrified
it grew into a complex
obliviously, my perfect eyesight was blind
it made the world look
smeary and dark
they’re pictures inside
maybe a laugh or two
“don’t do this,” “what is Truth?”
they waste precious space
they hold us in place
by thickening the mucus
balanced on railroad spike
clouds overhead crossed the Sun
a ghost floated by at night
the station haunted
and disembodied head
carried a Halloween candy tote
threw a rock at teacher
and then she threw a damn fit
ratted out by upperclassman
then Grandma cock-blocked
“hey, you sexy young boy”
misguided path now set in
I missed my calling
learned self-awareness too late
a speck blown through a torrent
introspection now done
but useless memories crud up
an otherwise well-oiled machine
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