Wednesday, August 11, 2010

"I want the orange juice to quickly evaporate and take me with it." -Tao Lin, from You Are A Little Bit Happier Than I Am

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As I walked down the road

everything behind me went dark


at first I noticed this

as somebody breathing down my neck


and I would take quick looks

at the darkness making sure

not to move my head at all


and as I reached my house

I waved to my neighbor who

disappeared instantly


I walked up my stairs

and lied down on my bed


erasing the entire world behind me

and the darkness surrounded the bed


and it’s then that I began to feel

a slight discomfort in my stomach


and I fell asleep wondering about

all that I had eaten that day

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