Valeria Tentoni - Inside the Display Fridge It’s

The things in there don’t complain, don’t ask any god
to turn out the light. They wait their turn.
Some are past their use-by, but stay there all the same.
I’d like to be the Coca-Cola bottle
that I fill with water from the tap. Something that accepts its lot
without a fuss.

I live above a Chinese supermarket.
The other day I hung trousers from the window
and the wind carried them off. I had to go downstairs, had to ask permission.
They let me into the storeroom: it was like arriving
at the pot of gold at the end of the rainbow.
For a long time I thought the noise was from the bakery
half-way down the street. Turns out it’s not,
it’s from the Chinese place.
There’s a huge motor they use to ventilate their goods.

The things in there don’t complain, don’t ask any god for quiet.

Everything that shines is a satellite of some faint star.
Some day the star will expire
before its rays
and we’ll plummet into a foolish faith.

If there weren’t sadder things,
that would be a sad thing.

The Lifted Brow Jan 2018

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My little apartment in Japan doesn’t have a desk

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20.3.19 didn’t pass out during today’s

20.3.19 didn’t pass out during today’s combined blood test / vaccination Experience, but I’m applying dementor therapy anyway https://ift.tt/2TXOclP

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