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Escapril 03

April 17, 2022
By Bridget-G-E-L GOLD, Short Hills, New Jersey
Bridget-G-E-L GOLD, Short Hills, New Jersey
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Favorite Quote:
“You aren’t depressed just because people aren’t responding to your texts. You aren’t bipolar because a movie is making you happy and sad at the same time. You don’t have an anxiety disorder because you have stage fright.”


Count the time!

It’s quadriplegic

Phantom arms grasp phantom knees

The little hand lands on the three

It flexes its fingers

Traces the winding tick, tick

Always ticking

Yawning farther into life–

Scrape against the clock

Ticking

Echoed by a child

Arms and hands

Count the time–

Oh, wiggly one

Squirm away as you will

You won’t shake the inevitable

And its chokehold of a grip

The fist slams down

Pity– tick, tick, tick

Racing an eternal watch

A trip is to die–

It’s quadriplegic!


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