Every day the sun rises
every day it sets
every day the waking, dressing
cook, feed
battle of the clothes: too short, too long,
I want sleeves
no sleeves
a jacket
a hat
3 changes, 4
dull pounding behind my eyes
the rhythm of the day,
Hold me, I want you to hold me.
I can't walk!
throwing youself on the sidewalk
legs drumming asphalt.
Sometimes I am patient.
Often I am not.
Breaking point, I grab you,
or walk away, say: I'm gone.
Sometimes I hold you.
Sometimes croon
It's hard. Sometimes
I feel the pulse
panic at your neck.
Always, in the end
I walk out the door
to your wails.
Say: too much noise.
Say: talk to me!
While you scream
Listen to me!
I want you to listen!
Mouth a gaping O
of despair.
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