𝒕𝒊𝒎𝒆 / 𝒕𝒓𝒚𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒎𝒚 𝒃𝒆𝒔𝒕
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the clock in this strip mall
is four minutes fast
and i think i'm falling behind,
creating some great dividei tried to procrastinate less
this year
and already i'm failing with timeonly two weeks in and
i feel much less alivethe clock on my phone says 12:56
but the t.v. says it's 12:55
so maybe i've gained some time —
some time to make it rightmy mom asks if i have finished my homework
but the truth is...
i haven't done a single sentence
and i haven't eaten any breakfasti need to talk to people for a project
but i can't even talk to my friendsand all my math problems are
halfway to their ends,
not quite completed but just enough
for me to feel like i've finished them upplease don't perceive me
i'm sorry, it hurtsit's too hot for midnight
it's too cold for morning
i feel like i'm melting
i feel like i'm drowningwill someone please dig me out
of this living grave,
please let me see the light of day
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impermanence
Poetry[ impermanence ] • noun - the state or fact of lasting for only a limited period of time ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ ➸ 𝐚 𝐜𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐭/𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐭𝐲𝐩𝐞 𝐩𝐨𝐞𝐦𝐬