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a space for youth writing on mental health & identity
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a space for youth writing on mental health & identity
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![]() Before carving ( yesterday / Monday morning / this moment but one year later / the curtains where dust & shadow stop waltzing ) into (an extinguished birthday party / the Autumn breeze of 0 Kelvins / a quilt packed
with ice / doomsday), I ( unantihesitantly / g e n t l y / so calmly it feels numb) circle “doomsday.” You say “( …Hey / May I order another cup of latte / Your hands are-so-cold / I'm sorry)." Your eyes reflect ( the yearning for pain / Polaroids from two thousand years ago / a small note I’ve torn apart / a coffee machine tagged £500 / an iron lock with a missing key). I ( delete this "I" / press the power button / take your hand out of my pocket / let a lack of ______ pulse through the air). Waiting for ( doomsday / the countdown to infinity / my calculator to run out of batter ) has taken ( one-seventh of my life / another year / fifty thousand Wednesdays / six milliseconds). How many times can I touch ( the moon that sighs on the windowsill / your Klein blue trench coat / the heat of steaming noodles ) ? No one (answers / nods / sees me / listens). (But / after all / so / even if ) I know that ( music / dust / typewriter / frozen light / doomsday) is my ( stunning / roaring / silently shimmering / unmoving ) testimony — I will only ( die once / die once / die once / die once / dieonce/ die once). Comments are closed.
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