Tuesday, July 27, 2010

"Getting the toes of the children wet, whether they are there or not." -Sawako Nakayasu, from Texture Notes

Cringe



I climb up the ladder

to change the light bulb


only that the light bulb

didn’t really need changing


it just didn’t emit

enough of a light

to my liking


I replace things

in this way


light bulbs

shoes

you

me


we all didn’t emit

enough of a light


and so we were replaced

with brighter versions


and we now live in the world

of things replaced by me


like ghosts haunting

an old hotel


and we say things like

BOO


when we really mean things like

BOO

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