normal? by Ilana Drake (19)

​i talked to him the other day
about what it is like to
have eyes in the back
of your head, not
because you want to,
but because you have to

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​& i think he likened it
to playing a sport
like soccer or football
with peripheral vision
is needed to score

i suppose
he’s the type of guy
who reads the news
and chats with his
father about the
interest rates and
the stock market

& i wish i could
record the times
i have had to
switch streets
when cars were
rushing because
i could feel the
stares

my friends said it’s
been so normalized,
but i know, we know
it shouldn’t be.