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Floating Symbols

I listen close and imagine the silence
I watch carefully and hope darkness blinks
It might be the moron in me
it might look like insanity
one thing I know it isn’t
it isn’t serenity
while waters flow away from the sun and the edge of the world
I paddle towards the heat and hope to fall off
Because I grow tired most times
And the peace of the world is moving towards the hell I come from
Sometimes a bottle of 80 proof is enough
Sometimes 2 bottles could be too little
Yesterday I tried drawing with a white marker on plain paper
It was ugly
Today I might learn how to swim in the deep end without a floater or life guard
Smile.

(2018)

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