1.
I have conversations with myself. Regularly.
I imagine you up
my stranger.
I place you like a counter on a board game
into moments
which just like you
don't quite exist
2.
I walk past litter only to
walk back.
The guilt is like gravity-
rustling crisp packets and lonely branches
pull me
back.
3.
I write poetry down
then erase it
I am scared
4.
I don't like talking on the phone-
always worried that I won't know
what to say
how to say it
when to hang up
so I don't call people
and people never call me
and I am left
hung up
5.
I cry often.
at unlikely times
in public places.
walking to school
in the staff room
on the train
So I look up
To catch the tears
and dull the pain
6.
I refuse hugs.
always
but really
most of the time
a good hug
is all I need
3.
I write poetry down
then erase it
I am scared
4.
I don't like talking on the phone-
always worried that I won't know
what to say
how to say it
when to hang up
so I don't call people
and people never call me
and I am left
hung up
5.
I cry often.
at unlikely times
in public places.
walking to school
in the staff room
on the train
So I look up
To catch the tears
and dull the pain
6.
I refuse hugs.
always
but really
most of the time
a good hug
is all I need
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