ERASER POEMS Laura Theobald (PDF)

      
     

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it is painful
you hear the days go
that is some cowardly bullshit
the tone resonates
you become a suck-up
an internet phantom
anonymous
plus one anonymous douche
writing letters in an empty box
the cursor blinks
[erase]
start again

traffic
you watch the cat perch on the corner of the futon
you blink
you feel human
you feel your stomach
its shape
the shape of a stomach
you are alone
you have always been alone
you are whining
[erase]

nothing beautiful today
[erase]
nothing beautiful today
[erase]
click
buzz
plant waiting
banjo waiting
cat waiting
person waiting
door waiting
stack of papers waiting
erase

i will see you tomorrow
tomorrow will have beauty in it
today is so long
long without beauty
how to go outside
it is dark
it is ugly
traffic

goodmorning love
i love to say goodmorning to you
in the morning
when i don’t know you
when you have been talking in your sleep
you say goodmorning
i check my notes
i say you said [blank] in your sleep
you say thank you
you make breakfast
i become ashamed

you say you laughed
in your sleep
i laugh
i don’t remember
you say tell me
i say i don’t remember
i sleep
i erase