That's the chapstick I wore
when I was more concerned about sidewalk chalk
than verb tenses and that glaring disappointment of
91%
Do you ever get deja vu?
Sure.
Just the other day, walking through E-hall
Ania and Mehki holding hands.
Suddenly my esophagus is swollen,
suddenly my alveoli are bearing the weight of
an eighteen-wheeler, suddenly
coughing up blood and those yellow flowers you never bought
me.
English class.
harried (adj):
I am harassed by ghosts;
weeping from the sky,
narrow hallways with too many people.
zenith (n):
have I peaked already?
Someone hold my hand and promise
that life is still getting better,
still good,
not worse.