On a serious note.
I am settling into myself.
No matter how hard I squint,
light washes sticky bedroom walls
and his green eyes are so pretty even
when I am gasping for life.
I am unsettling away from myself.
Now matter how easy it is to keep eyes wide open
darkness marks territory in the gnawed sofa
and his eye bags are so buried
even I am depressing death.
I have nothing serious to say.
Kelli Lage is an assistant poetry editor for Bracken Magazine and Best of the Net and Pushcart nominated poet. She is the author of Early Cuts, I'm Glad We Did This, and Harvest is a Chapel. Lage's work has appeared in Stanchion Zine, Maudlin House, The Lumiere Review, Welter Journal, and elsewhere. Website: www.KelliLage.com.
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