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Midnight Letter
August 21, 2023
It is midnight now;
Will people hear me falling
When the wrappers peel?
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George is a poet from Vancouver, Canada. His work appears or is forthcoming in Blue Marble Review, and the WEIGHT Journal, among others. He is an alumnus of the Iowa Young Writers' Studio. Apart from writing, he can be found assembling jigsaw puzzles or scrolling social media @georgessun.
This piece was something I wrote when I was struggling to fall asleep at 3 A.M. It was so quiet outside that it felt like the houses were empty. So, I asked myself, "would people hear me if I made a large noise (falling)?"