Monthly Archives: January 2017

Things That Happened Before 8:00 AM

11th
Jan. × ’17

1.
A fight on the subway
over stepping on each other’s shoes
Bystanders staring agape
Me shouting
This is not happening
2.
Sounds of a child sobbing
in the stairwell
Just told her uncle needs a liver transplant
and there are insufficient funds to act
What is she to do?
3.
Can I
operate in this rigamarole?
Can I
melt into a soup of words
and not make sense
for a little longer?
4.
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