shared college room
Friday sunset
the idea of rest
tiny opening
between curtains
locked windows
air-con locked on
all these
make a small room
smaller
on the bed, my body
or what seems like it
face down, foetal
next to it, a laughter
my roommate made
eerie gothic in my ears
where a broken white
noise machine plays
in loops
two octaves too high
broken tempo
spastic drumbeats
blood pumps
an invisible balloon
overinflates the torso
pushing
all emotions
out of the heart
expansion as compensation
space shrunk out
with a stranger
this is the meaning
of sharing
a room
Friday sunset
the idea of rest
tiny opening
between curtains
locked windows
air-con locked on
all these
make a small room
smaller
on the bed, my body
or what seems like it
face down, foetal
next to it, a laughter
my roommate made
eerie gothic in my ears
where a broken white
noise machine plays
in loops
two octaves too high
broken tempo
spastic drumbeats
blood pumps
an invisible balloon
overinflates the torso
pushing
all emotions
out of the heart
expansion as compensation
space shrunk out
with a stranger
this is the meaning
of sharing
a room
this is pitch perfect , great images, really good Chrys. I keep re reading.
ReplyDeleteThank you, Efi :)
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