curtains

i used to call it

one thing

sleep

now I call it many

acts of intention

to plaster the wall

between me & the rest

of the internet

to lie belly-down

in a shallow stream

to birth the infants

of pregnant angst

to let the last 

batch of dishes dry

to insert the long swab

to test myself

many small acts

many intermissions

poor reviews 

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