The phone buzzes. Mona sends $101 to her younger brother who needs new glasses. He bought blue frames that sparkled against his brown eyes. The phone rings and Mona turns back from the hallway, racing ... [+]
In these blue sheets, I've become
Heated butter
Jellied candy
Marshmelloed
A new liminal I
"I" can finally count
Breaths
Feel the blue self, life, thought
Slow, slowed, slower
When fingers peel away the blue
Pull me to a chest
I lean
This "I" too tired to flinch
Too tired to remember
"I" search for a mouth in the blue
Tp count these breaths together
Before the next hour comes
And takes this "I" from me
Heated butter
Jellied candy
Marshmelloed
A new liminal I
"I" can finally count
Breaths
Feel the blue self, life, thought
Slow, slowed, slower
When fingers peel away the blue
Pull me to a chest
I lean
This "I" too tired to flinch
Too tired to remember
"I" search for a mouth in the blue
Tp count these breaths together
Before the next hour comes
And takes this "I" from me