I'd like to think that I normally avoid eating half a gallon of White Christmas Coffee Ice cream, that the snow outside made me do it, but I'd probably be acting in bad faith. Regardless, the cold weather gives us a chance to pause a bit, to think a little deeper, and relax. Hope everyone's finding a bit of relaxation today, whether it be through ice cream or sledding or poetry.
[sugar cubes]
i hope i sleep alone tonight
and i hope it's
cold.
it gives me time to think.
about you,
and the posters you've hung on my
wall.
too many of them,
taking up space like ants on a
sugar cube
and covering the person I want to be
with propaganda
and time management plans.
i'm grabbing at them,
thick skin on the edge of my fingers
too dull to make any
difference,
so I go back to staring at them.
taunting me,
because they know
I know
how thin they are.
they know
how easily
I could rip them into tiny little pieces,
pale squares on the floor
if I could just
grab hold of the edges.
But my thick fingers can't,
Not tight enough to tear them
down
and i have plenty of papercuts
to show you how hard I've tried,
but they're only paper cuts,
so you don't sound an alarm.
and friends walk into my room at nighttime,
telling me about how pretty
it all is
Covered in posters.
and I smile,
because i know you like when i smile.
there's not much else
to do.
-Maddie-
And as always, send us your stuff. Keeps everyone connected and inspired.
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