OUCH!: Poem of the Day/// hbz

Long Race/// Short Track

 

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He stood:

Near a row of benches

stacked three high

with trash cans  sitting on top

24 cans in groups of four per bench

 

He counted

 

Across the Hall:

A tall hallway trash can

Stood with Atonomy

 

Listening to The Who

Listening to Quadrophenia

 

 

Noticing:

Light switch covers removed 

Electric wires poke out like horror movie worms

 

Wires hang from holes in the ceiling

 

The doors are all of their henges

Wall leaning

 

Thinking:

"Pete's a Total ROCKER."

 

They know he's there

They don't know where

 

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Self

Entitled

Drive

Shaft

 

("How close am I to the character I play?")

 

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