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swan song
June 1, 2015
I-I-I'm not feeling well.
Broken records play over themselves
and I am forty three days short
of sweet, abysmal bliss.
I-I-I'm staying home today;
can I feign a fever for
eight more weeks?
nine hundred and sixty hours that
make me grit my teeth.
I-I-I'm shutting down.
Let's stop pretending there are
things to smile about, to
laugh through my existential dread.
I will not put on a brave face
anymore,
my skin is cracked,
my concealer gone.
I-I-I'm
© Anonymous
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