expectations
That drinking glass
that dreadfully clean glass
where water is feeling dirty
every time I don't sleep
I think of you
and when the sleeplessness starts
that glass awaits me
thirsty
sitting pretty
on the edge of life
(expectations)
__________
mai e...
liberation
the manual said
so simple now even a housewife can do it.
Fantastic, I thought.
Let her.
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BY NEIL BROSNAN: liberation
