23:1
New year, new me.
Less of me?
Long to be different,
thinner, wiser, better,
something I’m currently not
until I change into
someone else,
someone who will
also long to be
less of herself.
22:110
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 that Mummy
loves someone else?
Won’t he be sad?
Won’t he be alone?
If I stayed with Daddy instead
would I only get coal
from now on?
I saw Mama kissing Santa Claus
and it made me cry a lot.
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 a santa
(unfinished)
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 they lived.
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.
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