22:110 I saw Mama kissing Santa Claus and I don’t know how to feel. I love my daddy, but Santa Claus, wow! I’ll get all the presents I want! Would we live at the North Pole, could I play with the elves? But how would I see Daddy again? And won’t he be angry thatContinue reading “22:110”
Category Archives: 2022 Poems
22:109
22:109 Dear William/employee number 626, As always we were delighted to receive your application to be considered for promotion. We’d like to remind you that your current role as an elf is an important and noble position and we value all our employees who make our business possible. However the responsibilities as aContinue reading “22:109”
22:108
22:108 Santa and his hippos are a strange and worrying sight, their jiggly flight in the sky would cause anyone a fright! They land on the rooftops and wake all inside (unfinished)
22:107
22:107 Snow falls foam stays, the pure form leaving the sky and transforming to mush for slippery effects and fake background fillings. Scan past it so no one will notice and let them keep believing it’s all real and not make-believe.
22:106
22:106 The sink used to expect them in pairs, their visits together included light-hearted banter and playful shoves to squeeze into the space meant for them. Now one visits alone, earlier than before while the other hides in natural shadow, their paths rarely crossing, and the sink misses the smiles they shared and life theyContinue reading “22:106”
22:105
22:105 There’s a body in my bed, breathing, but not alive, its warmth is real but there’s no feeling, no recognition of a connection or a need for anything. Will it ever move again? Do you want it to?
22:104
22:104 Reduce to entice, make it more attractive by lessening its value, becoming lower than it’s worth so finally someone will notice and want it.
22:103
22:103 The only sign you’re here is a dirty plate which brings a wave of longing and annoyance in equal measures.
22:102
22:102 Let’s talk, because that’s the problem, you see, you don’t talk and that makes you weird, people don’t like it. No matter how hard you work they will still get annoyed at your presence, because you can’t talk about nothing and everything and so, no matter what, they will never like you.
22:101
22:101 Bathe you in acid to erase the history that makes you so dirty, but makes you who you really are.
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